1547 (MDXLVII)was acommon year starting on Saturday of theJulian calendar, the 1547th year of theCommon Era (CE) andAnno Domini (AD) designations, the 547th year of the2nd millennium, the 47th year of the16th century, and the 8th year of the1540s decade. As of the start of 1547, the Gregorian calendar was 10 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.
A map showingHabsburg possessions in 15471547 was a year that marked the deaths of two powerfulEuropeanKings -Henry VIII of England andFrancis I of France. InEngland, Henry's nine-year-old son took over asEdward VI of England, while inFrance,Henry II became the next King. Also, during this year,Ivan IV of Russia was crownedTsar. He later became better known asIvan the Terrible.
Edward VI of England becomes King at the age of nine years.
Miguel de Cervantes 1547-1616- January 24 -Joanna of Austria, Grand Duchess of Tuscany (d.1578)
- February 24 -Don John of Austria, military leader (d.1578)
- March 1 -Rudolph Goclenius, Germanphilosopher (d.1628)
- June 28 -Cristofano Malvezzi, Italianorganist andcomposer (d.1599)
- September 10 -George I, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt (d.1596)
- September 14 -Johan van Oldenbarnevelt, Dutchstatesman (d.1619)
- September 22 -Philipp Nikodemus Frischlin, Germanphilologist andpoet (d.1590)
- September 29 -Miguel de Cervantes, Spanish writer (d.1616)
- October 18 -Justus Lipsius,Flemishhumanist (d.1606)
- November 12 -Claude of Valois, daughter ofHenry II of France (d.1575)
- November 26 -Nicolaus Taurellus, Germanphilosopher andtheologian (d.1606)
- December 5 -Ubbo Emmius, Dutch historian and geographer (d.1625)
Henry VIII of England 1491-1547- January 2 -Giovanni Luigi Fieschi,Genoese politician (b.1524)
- January 16 -Johannes Schoener, Germanastronomer andcartographer (b.1477)
- January 18 -Pietro Bembo, Italiancardinal and scholar (b.1470)
- January 19 -Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey, Englishpoet (b.1517)
- January 28 - KingHenry VIII of England (b.1491)
- February 25 -Vittoria Colonna, marchioness ofPescara (b.1490)
- February 28 -Philippa of Guelders, Duchess ofLorraine (b.1467)
- March 31 - KingFrancis I of France (b.1494)
- May 22 -Daniel, Metropolitan of Moscow (b.1492)
- June 21 -Sebastiano del Piombo, Italian painter (b.1485)
- August 7 -Saint Cajetan (b.1480)
- December 2 -Hernan Cortes, Spanishconquistador (b.1485)
- December 28 -Konrad Peutinger, German humanist and antiquarian (b.1465)
