13th » Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey is sentenced to death.
16th » Ivan IV of Russia aka Ivan the Terrible becomes Tsar named Czar of Russia.
28th » Henry VIII of England or Henry VIII dies. His nine-year-old son, Edward VI of England called Edward VI becomes King, and the first Protestant ruler of England.
Famous Deaths for January 1547
16th » Johannes Schöner, German astronomer and cartographer (b. 1477)
19th » Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey, English poet (b. 1517)