1547

Years: 1544 1545 1546 - 1547 - 1548 1549 1550
Decades: 1510s 1520s 1530s - 1540s - 1550s 1560s 1570s
Centuries: 15th century - 16th century - 17th century

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 24 - Battle of Mühlberg - Emperor Charles V defeats the forces of the Schmalkaldic League under the Elector John Frederick of Saxony.
July 31 - Henry II succeeds his father Francis I as King of France
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

February 24 - Don John of Austria, military leader (died 1578)
March 1 - Rudolph Goclenius, German philosopher (died 1628)
June 28 - Cristofano Malvezzi, Italian organist and composer (died 1599)
September 14 - Johan van Oldenbarnevelt, Dutch statesman (died 1619)
September 22 - Philipp Nikodemus Frischlin, German philologist and poet (died 1590)
September 29 - Miguel de Cervantes, Spanish writer (died 1616)
October 18 - Justus Lipsius, Flemish humanist (died 1606)
November 12 - Claude of Valois, daughter of King Henry II of France (died 1575)
December 5 - Ubbo Emmius, Dutch historian and geographer (d. 1625)
Matteo Perez d' Aleccio, Italian painter (died 1616)
Mateo Alemán, Spanish novelist and man of letters (died 1609)
Peter Bales, English calligraphist (died 1610)
Marc Antonio Ingegneri, Italian composer (died 1592)
Oichi, Japanese noblewoman
Krzysztof Mikolaj Piorun Radziwill, Polish nobleman (died 1603)
Richard Stanyhurst, English translator of Virgil (died 1618)
Nicolaus Taurellus, German philosopher and theologian (died 1606)
Roemer Visscher, Dutch writer (died 1620)
Stanislaw Zolkiewski, Polish nobleman (died 1620)

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