1547 Calendar
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Historical Event(s)
January 13, 1547
– Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey is sentenced to death.
January 16, 1547
– Ivan IV of Russia aka Ivan the Terrible becomes Tsar of Russia.
January 28, 1547
– Henry VIII dies. His nine year old son, Edward VI becomes King, and the first Protestant ruler of England.
February 20, 1547
– Edward VI of England is crowned King of England at Westminster Abbey.
July 25, 1547
– Henry II of France is crowned.
September 10, 1547
– The Battle of Pinkie Cleugh, the last full scale military confrontation between England and Scotland, resulting in a decisive victory for the forces of Edward VI.
Who Were Born On ?
March 1, 1547
– Rudolph Goclenius, German philosopher (d. 1628)
July 5, 1547
– Garzia de' Medici, Prince of Tuscany (d. 1562)
September 14, 1547
– Johan van Oldenbarnevelt, Dutch statesman (d. 1619)
September 22, 1547
– Philipp Nikodemus Frischlin, German philologist and poet (d. 1590)
September 29, 1547
– Miguel de Cervantes, Spanish author (d. 1616)
October 18, 1547
– Justus Lipsius, Flemish humanist (d. 1606)
November 12, 1547
– Claude of Valois, French princess (d. 1575)
December 5, 1547
– Ubbo Emmius, Dutch historian and geographer (d. 1625)