1546
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| Years: 1543 1544 1545 - 1546 - 1547 1548 1549 |
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| Decades: 1510s 1520s 1530s - 1540s - 1550s 1560s 1570s |
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| Centuries: 15th century - 16th century - 17th century |
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| 1546 by topic | |
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| Architecture - Art - Music - Science | |
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| Gregorian calendar | 1546 MDXLVI |
| Ab urbe condita | 2299 |
| Armenian calendar | 995 ԹՎ ՋՂԵ |
| Chinese calendar | 4182/4242-11-29 (乙巳年十一月廿九日) — to —
4183/4243-12-9(丙午年十二月初九日) |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1538 – 1539 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5306 – 5307 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1601 – 1602 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1468 – 1469 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4647 – 4648 |
| Iranian calendar | 924 – 925 |
| Islamic calendar | 953 – 954 |
| Japanese calendar | |
| - Imperial Year | Kōki 2206 (皇紀2206年) |
| - Jōmon Era | 11546 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2089 |
Contents |
[edit] Events
- Spanish conquest of Yucatan
- Peace between England and France
- Foundation of Trinity College, Cambridge by Henry VIII of England
- Katharina von Bora flees to Magdeburg
[edit] Science
[edit] Architecture
- Michelangelo Buonarroti is made chief architect of St. Peter's Basilica.
[edit] Births
- January 27 - Joachim Friedrich, Elector of Brandenburg (died 1608)
- May 5 - Thomas Cecil, 1st Earl of Exeter, English politician (died 1623)
- June 24 - Robert Parsons, English Jesuit priest (died 1610)
- July 4 - Murat III, Ottoman Sultan (died 1595)
- December 14 - Tycho Brahe, Danish astronomer (died 1601)
- François d'Aguilon, Belgian mathematician and physicist (died 1617)
- William Barclay, Scottish jurist (died 1608)
- Luca Bati, Italian Baroque composer (died 1608)
- Philippe Desportes, French poet (died 1606)
- Thomas Digges, English astronomer (died 1595)
- Lodewijk Elzevir, Dutch printer (died 1617)
- Takeda Katsuyori, Japanese nobleman (died 1582)
- Tobias Matthew, archbishop of York (died 1628)
- Mikolaj VII Radziwill, Polish magnate (died 1565)
- Gasparo Tagliacozzi, Italian surgeon and anatomist (died 1599)
See also Category: 1546 births.
[edit] Deaths
- January 21 - Azai Sukemasa, Japanese samurai and warlord (born 1491)
- February 18 - Martin Luther, German religious reformer (born 1483)
- March 1 - George Wishart, Scottish religious reformer (martyred) (born 1513)
- March 26 - Thomas Elyot, English diplomat and scholar (born c1490)
- May 29 - David Beaton, Scottish Catholic cardinal (born c1494)
- July 16 - Anne Askew, English Protestant (burned at the stake) (born 1521)
- August 1 - Peter Faber, French Jesuit theologian (born 1506)
- August 3 - Étienne Dolet, French scholar and printer (born 1509)
- August 3 - Antonio da Sangallo the Younger, Italian architect (born 1484)
- November 1 - Giulio Romano, Italian painter (born 1499)
- Gaudenzio Ferrari, Italian painter and sculptor (born c1471)
- Philipp von Hutten, German knight (born 1511)
- Khair ad Din "Barbarossa", corsair ruler of Algiers (born 1475)
- Friedrich Myconius, German Lutheran theologian (born 1491)
- Francisco de Vitoria, Renaissance theologian (born 1492)
See also Category: 1546 deaths.
