1547

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	15th century – 16th century – 17th century
Decades:	1510s 1520s 1530s – 1540s – 1550s 1560s 1570s
Years:	1544 1545 1546 – 1547 – 1548 1549 1550

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April 24:Schmalkaldic League rebels defeated by Holy Roman Empire at Battle of Mühlberg
Duchess Hedwig of Württemberg
Joanna of Austria, Grand Duchess of Tuscany
Princess Sophia of Sweden
Portrait of Claude of Valois (1547–1575), Duchess of Lorraine
King Henry VIII of England
King Francis I of France
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Portrait of Hernán Cortés (1485-1547), 17th century. Found in the collection of Museo Naval de Madrid.

1547 (MDXLVII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar, the 1547th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 547th year of the 2nd millennium, the 47th year of the 16th century, and the 8th year of the 1540s 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 showing Habsburg possessions in 1547

1547 was a year that marked the deaths of two powerful European Kings - Henry VIII of England and Francis I of France. In England, Henry's nine-year-old son took over as Edward VI of England, while in France, Henry II became the next King. Also, during this year, Ivan IV of Russia was crowned Tsar. He later became better known as Ivan the Terrible.

Edward VI of England becomes King at the age of nine years.

January 2 - Giovanni Luigi Fieschi leads a failed revolt in Genoa against Andrea Doria.
January 16 – Grand Duke Ivan IV of Muscovy becomes the first Tsar of Russia.
January 28 – Edward VI succeeds his father Henry VIII as King of England. Henry VIII had been King since 1509.
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 4 - Catherine Parr, widow of Henry VIII of England, secretly marries Thomas Seymour, 1st Baron Seymour of Sudeley.
April 24 – Battle of Mühlberg – Emperor Charles V defeats the forces of the Schmalkaldic League 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, 2nd Earl of Arran, the Regent. The English seize Edinburgh.

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