What Happened In 1546 - Historical Events 1546

Historical Events for the Year 1546

23rd January » Having published nothing for eleven years, François Rabelais publishes the 'Tiers Livre', his sequel to Gargantua and Pantagruel.

27th January » Joachim III Frederick, Elector of Brandenburg (d. 1608)
5th May » Thomas Cecil, 1st Earl of Exeter, English soldier and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Northamptonshire (d. 1623)
24th June » Robert Persons, English-Italian priest (d. 1610)
4th July » Murad III, Ottoman sultan (d. 1595)
14th December » Tycho Brahe, Danish astronomer and chemist (d. 1601)
22nd December » Kuroda Yoshitaka, Japanese daimyo (d. 1604)

21st January » Azai Sukemasa, Japanese daimyo (b. 1491)
18th February » Martin Luther, German monk and priest, leader of the Protestant Reformation (b. 1483)
1st March » George Wishart, Scottish minister and martyr (b. 1513)
26th March » Thomas Elyot, English diplomat and scholar (b. 1490)
29th May » David Beaton, Scottish cardinal (b. 1494)
4th July » Hayreddin Barbarossa, Greek-Turkish admiral (b. 1478)
16th July » Anne Askew, English author and poet (b. 1520)
2nd August » Peter Faber, French priest and theologian, co-founded the Society of Jesus (b. 1506)
3rd August » Antonio da Sangallo the Younger, Italian architect, designed the Apostolic Palace (b. 1484)
3rd August » Étienne Dolet, French scholar and translator (b. 1509)
1st November » Giulio Romano, Italian painter and architect (b. 1499)