What is 1547?
{{Year nav|1547}} {{Year in various calendars|1547}} {{Year article header|1547}} [[File:Habsburg Map 1547.jpg|thumb|150px|right|A map showing [[Habsburg]] possessions in 1547]] == Summary == 1547 was a year that marked the deaths of two powerful [[Europe]]an [[King]]s - [[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 of 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]]. == Events == [[File:Edward VI of England c. 1546.jpg|thumb|150px|right|[[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 Russia|Ivan IV]] of Muscovy becomes the first [[Tsar]] of [[Russia]]. * [[January 28]] – [[Edward VI of England|Edward VI]] succeeds his father [[Henry VIII of England|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 of France|Henry II]] succeeds his father [[Francis I of France|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 [[Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset|the Duke of Somerset]], Protector of England, defeats a Scottish army under [[James Hamilton, 2nd Earl of Arran]], the Regent. The English seize Edinburgh. === Unknown dates === * First printed book in the [[Lithuanian language]]. writer – [[Martynas Mazvydas]]. * Increased immigration of [[Hug