1547
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This article is about the year 1547.
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
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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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| Gregorian calendar | 1547 MDXLVII |
| Ab urbe condita | 2300 |
| Armenian calendar | 996 ԹՎ ՋՂԶ |
| Assyrian calendar | 6297 |
| Bahá'í calendar | -297–-296 |
| Bengali calendar | 954 |
| Berber calendar | 2497 |
| English Regnal year | 38 Hen. 8 – 1 Edw. 6 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2091 |
| Burmese calendar | 909 |
| Byzantine calendar | 7055–7056 |
| Chinese calendar | 丙午年十二月初十日 (4183/4243-12-10) — to —
丁未年十一月二十日(4184/4244-11-20) |
| Coptic calendar | 1263–1264 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1539–1540 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5307–5308 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1603–1604 |
| - 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 |
| Minguo calendar | 365 before ROC 民前365年 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2090 |
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Year 1547 (MDXLVII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
[edit] Events
[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.
[edit] Date unknown
- The first book in the Lithuanian language is printed (author, Martynas Mazvydas).
- Huguenots increasingly immigrate to Kent, especially Canterbury.
- The Chambre Ardente is established in Paris for trying heretics.
- John Dee visits the Low Countries to study navigation with Gemma Frisius.
[edit] Births
- 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)
- November 26 – Nicolaus Taurellus, German philosopher and theologian (d. 1606)
- 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)
- Roemer Visscher, Dutch writer (d. 1620)
- Stanisław Żółkiewski, Polish nobleman (d. 1620)
- probable – Marc'Antonio Ingegneri, Italian composer (d. 1592)
[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)
- February 28 – Philippa of Guelders, Duchess of Lorraine (b. 1467)
- 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)
- Photisarath, King of Laos (b. 1501)
