1533 - Definition and Overview

Events

• January 25 - King Henry VIII of England marries Anne Boleyn, his second Queen consort.
• March 30 - Thomas Cranmer becomes Archbishop of Canterbury
• May 23 - King Henry VIII of England marriage with Catherine of Aragon officially declared annulled. Catherine refuses to accept and continues to believe herself the wife of Henry till her death.
• June 1 - Henry VIII of England's new wife, Anne Boleyn, is crowned as queen.
• July 11 Henry VIII is excommunicated by Pope Clement VII
• Russia, Ivan IV succeeds his father Vasili III as Grand Prince of Muscovy at 3 years old.
• Peru, Inca Atahualpa pays Francisco Pizarro ransom of approx. $100 million in gold; Pizarro executes him anyway.
• Peace treaty divides Hungary between Suleiman I and King Ferdinand

Births

• February 9 - Shimazu Yoshihisa, Japanese daimyo and samurai
• February 28 - Michel de Montaigne, French author of Essays.
• April 8 - Claudio Merulo, Italian composer and organist of the Venetian school
• April 24 - William of Orange (Dutch: Willem van Oranje) leader of Netherlands.
• September 7 - Princess Elizabeth Tudor, later Queen Elizabeth I of England.
• December 13 - King Eric XIV of Sweden

Deaths

• July 6 - Ludovico Ariosto, Italian poet (b. 1474)
• Lucas van Leyden artist
• Grand Prince Vasili III of Muscovy