1547
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| Centuries: | 15th century - 16th century - 17th century |
| Decades: | 1510s 1520s 1530s - 1540s - 1550s 1560s 1570s |
| Years: | 1544 1545 1546 - 1547 - 1548 1549 1550 |
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| Leaders: State leaders - Colonial governors |
| Category: Establishments - Disestablishments |
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Year 1547 (MDXLVII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
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[edit] Events of 1547
[edit] January - June
- 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.
- April - Catherine Parr, widow of King Henry VIII of England, secretly marries Thomas Seymour, 1st Baron Seymour of Sudeley.
- 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.
[edit] July - December
- September 10 - Battle of Pinkie: An English army under the Duke of Somerset, Lord Protector of England, defeats a Scottish army under James Hamilton, 2nd Earl of Arran, the Regent. The English seize Edinburgh.
- December 2 - Hernán Cortés dies.
[edit] Undated
- The first book in the Lithuanian language is printed (author, Martynas Mazvydas).
- Huguenots increasingly immigrate to Kent, especially Canterbury.
- Chambre Ardente is established in Paris.
[edit] Births
| Gregorian calendar | 1547 MDXLVII |
| Ab urbe condita | 2300 |
| Armenian calendar | 996 ԹՎ ՋՂԶ |
| Bahá'í calendar | -297 – -296 |
| Berber calendar | 2497 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2091 |
| Burmese calendar | 909 |
| Chinese calendar | 4183/4243-12-10 (丙午年十二月初十日) — to —
4184/4244-11-20(丁未年十一月二十日) |
| Coptic calendar | 1263 – 1264 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1539 – 1540 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5307 – 5308 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1602 – 1603 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1469 – 1470 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4648 – 4649 |
| Holocene calendar | 11547 |
| Iranian calendar | 925 – 926 |
| Islamic calendar | 953 – 954 |
| Japanese calendar | Tenbun 16 (天文16年) |
| Korean calendar | 3880 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2090 |
- February 24 - Don John of Austria, military leader (d. 1578)
- March 1 - Rudolph Goclenius, German philosopher (d. 1628)
- June 28 - Cristofano Malvezzi, Italian organist and composer (d. 1599)
- September 14 - Johan van Oldenbarnevelt, Dutch statesman (d. 1619)
- September 22 - Philipp Nikodemus Frischlin, German philologist and poet (d. 1590)
- September 29 - Miguel de Cervantes, Spanish writer (d. 1616)
- October 18 - Justus Lipsius, Flemish humanist (d. 1606)
- November 12 - Claude of Valois, daughter of King Henry II of France (d. 1575)
- December 5 - Ubbo Emmius, Dutch historian and geographer (d. 1625)
- date unknown
- Matteo Perez d'Aleccio, Italian painter (d. 1616)
- Mateo Alemán, Spanish novelist and man of letters (d. 1609)
- Peter Bales, English calligrapher (d. 1610)
- Oichi, Japanese noblewoman (d. 1583)
- Krzysztof Mikołaj "the Lightning" Radziwiłł, Polish nobleman (d. 1603)
- Richard Stanyhurst, English translator of Virgil (d. 1618)
- Nicolaus Taurellus, German philosopher and theologian (d. 1606)
- Roemer Visscher, Dutch writer (d. 1620)
- Stanisław Żółkiewski, Polish nobleman (d. 1620)
- probable
- Marc'Antonio Ingegneri, Italian composer (d. 1592)
- See also Category: 1547 births.
[edit] Deaths
- January 16 - Johannes Schöner, German astronomer and cartographer (b. 1477)
- January 18 - Pietro Bembo, Italian cardinal and scholar (b. 1470)
- January 19 - Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey, English poet (b. 1517)
- January 28 - King Henry VIII of England (b. 1491)
- February 25 - Vittoria Colonna, marchioness of Pescara (b. 1490)
- March 31 - King Francis I of France (b. 1494)
- May 22 - Daniel, Metropolitan of Moscow (b. c. 1492)
- June 21 - Sebastiano del Piombo, Italian painter (b. 1485)
- August 7 - Saint Cajetan, born in Vicenza (b. 1480)
- December 2 - Hernán Cortés, Spanish conquistador (b. 1485)
- December 28 - Konrad Peutinger, German humanist and antiquarian (b. 1465)
- date unknown
- Jörg Breu the Younger, German painter (b. 1510)
- Edward Hall, English chronicler and lawyer (b. 1498)
- Mirabai, Rajput princess (b. 1498)
- See also Category: 1547 deaths.
