1547

Centuries: 15th century - 16th century - 17th century

Decades: 1490s 1500s 1510s 1520s 1530s - 1540s - 1550s 1560s 1570s 1580s 1590s

Years: 1542 1543 1544 1545 1546 - 1547 - 1548 1549 1550 1551 1552

• January 16 - Grand Duke Ivan IV of Muscovy becomes the first Czar 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
• March 31 - Henry II succeeds his father Francis I as King of France[?]
• April 24 - Battle of Mühlberg[?] - Emperor Charles V defeats the forces of the Protestant German princes under the Elector John Frederick of Saxony.
• September 10 - Battle of Pinkie[?]. An English army under the Duke of Somerset, Protector of England, defeats a Scottish army under James Hamilton, Earl of Arran[?], the Regent. The English seized Edinburgh.

Births

Deaths

• January 28 - King Henry VIII of England
• March 31 - King Francis I of France