1547 ::: Project ETERNITY

Software
Free
Download
Audio
Graphics
Utilities
Internet
Screen Savers
Games
Development Tools
Business
Audio
Home/Hobby
Education
Years:
1544 1545 1546 - 1547 - 1548 1549 1550
Decades:
1510s 1520s 1530s - 1540s - 1550s 1560s 1570s
Centuries:
15th century - 16th century - 17th century

Events

  • January 16 - Grand Duke Ivan IV of Muscovy becomes the first Tsar of Russia.
  • January 28 - Edward VI succeeds his father Henry VIII as King of England.
  • February 20 - Edward VI of England is crowned at Westminster Abbey
  • March 31 - Henry II succeeds his father Francis I as King of France
  • April 24 - Battle of Mühlberg - Emperor Charles V defeats the forces of the Schmalkaldic League under the Elector John Frederick of Saxony.
  • September 10 - Battle of Pinkie. An English army under the Duke of Somerset, Protector of England, defeats a Scottish army under James Hamilton, 2nd Earl of Arran, the Regent. The English seize Edinburgh.
  • First printed book in the Lithuanian language. Author - Martynas Mazvydas.
  • Increased immigration of Huguenots to Kent, especially Canterbury
  • Chambre Ardente established in Paris
  • Births

  • September 14 - Johan van Oldenbarnevelt, Dutch statesman
  • September 29 - Miguel de Cervantes, Spanish writer (d. 1616)
  • Marc Antonio Ingegneri, Italian composer, teacher of Monteverdi
  • Manuel Mendes, Portuguese composer
  • Deaths

  • January 28 - King Henry VIII of England
  • March 31 - King Francis I of France
  • Category:1547

    Copyrights

    This article uses material from the Wikipedia article "1547".


    main