1547 in England

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Events from the year 1547 in the Kingdom of England.

Contents 1 Events 1.1 Undated 2 Births 3 Deaths 3.1 Unknown dates 4 References

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• 28 January - Edward VI succeeds his father Henry VIII as King of England.
• 20 February - Edward VI is crowned at Westminster Abbey. ^[1]
• 10 September - 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.

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• Increased immigration of Huguenots to Kent, especially Canterbury.

[edit] Births

• Peter Bales, calligrapher (died 1610)
• George Carey, 2nd Baron Hunsdon, politician (died 1603)
• Richard Stanyhurst, translator of Virgil (died 1618)

[edit] Deaths

• 19 January - Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey, poet (born 1517)
• 28 January - King Henry VIII (born 1491)

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• Edward Hall, chronicler and lawyer (born 1498)

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