Years: 1543 1544 1545 - 1546 - 1547 1548 1549

Decades: 1510s 1520s 1530s - 1540s - 1550s 1560s 1570s

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

Contents

1 Events 2 Science 3 Architecture 4 Births 5 Deaths

Events

• Spanish conquest of Yucatan
• Peace between England and France
• Foundation of Trinity College, Cambridge by Henry VIII of England
• Katharina von Bora flees to Magdeburg

Science

Architecture

• Michelangelo Buonarroti is made chief architect of St. Peter's Basilica.

Births

• July 4 - Murat III, Ottoman Emperor (+ 1595)
• December 14 - Tycho Brahe, Danish astronomer

Deaths

• January 21 - Azai Sukemasa, Japanese samurai and warlord
• February 18 - Martin Luther, religious reformer
• March 1 - George Wishart, Scottish religious reformer (b. 1513)
• July 16 or 18 - Anne Askew, English religious reformer
• Khair ad Din "Barbarossa", corsair ruler of Algiers

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