13th January » Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey is sentenced to death.
16th January » Ivan IV of Russia aka Ivan the Terrible becomes Tsar named Czar of Russia.
28th January » 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.
20th February » Edward VI of England is crowned King of England at Westminster Abbey.
24th April » Battle of Mühlberg. Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, 3rd Duke of Alba e.g Duke of Alba, commanding Spanish-Imperial forces of Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor or Charles I of Spain, defeats the troops of Schmalkaldic League.
25th July » Henry II of France is Coronation called crowned.
10th September » 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 of England e.g Edward VI.
Famous Birthdays in 1547
1st March » Rudolph Goclenius, German philosopher (d. 1628)
28th June » Cristofano Malvezzi, Italian organist and composer (d. 1599)
14th September » Johan van Oldenbarnevelt, Dutch politician (d. 1619)
22nd September » Philipp Nicodemus Frischlin, German philologist, mathematician, astronomer, and poet (d. 1590)
29th September » Miguel de Cervantes, Spanish author, poet, and playwright (d. 1616)
18th October » Justus Lipsius, Belgian philologist (d. 1606)