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| Years: 1543 1544 1545 - 1546 - 1547 1548 1549 | |
| Decades: 1510s 1520s 1530s - 1540s - 1550s 1560s 1570s | |
| Centuries: 15th century - 16th century - 17th century | |
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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
- January 27 - Joachim Friedrich, Elector of Brandenburg (died 1608)
- May 5 - Thomas Cecil, 1st Earl of Exeter, English politician (died 1623)
- June 24 - Robert Parsons, English Jesuit priest (died 1610)
- July 4 - Murat III, Ottoman Sultan (died 1595)
- December 14 - Tycho Brahe, Danish astronomer (died 1601)
- François d'Aguilon, Belgian mathematician and physicist (died 1617)
- William Barclay, Scottish jurist (died 1608)
- Luca Bati, Italian Baroque composer (died 1608)
- Philippe Desportes, French poet (died 1606)
- Thomas Digges, English astronomer (died 1595)
- Lodewijk Elzevir, Dutch printer (died 1617)
- Takeda Katsuyori, Japanese nobleman (died 1582)
- Tobias Matthew, archbishop of York (died 1628)
- Mikolaj VII Radziwill, Polish magnate (died 1565)
- Gasparo Tagliacozzi, Italian surgeon and anatomist (died 1599)
Deaths
- January 21 - Azai Sukemasa, Japanese samurai and warlord (born 1491)
- February 18 - Martin Luther, German religious reformer (born 1483)
- March 1 - George Wishart, Scottish religious reformer (martyred) (born 1513)
- March 26 - Thomas Elyot, English diplomat and scholar
- May 29 - David Beaton, Scottish Catholic cardinal
- July 16 - Anne Askew, English protestant (burned at the stake) (born 1521)
- August 1 - Peter Faber, French Jesuit theologian (born 1506)
- August 3 - Étienne Dolet, French scholar and printer (born 1509)
- August 3 - Antonio da Sangallo the Younger, Italian architect (born 1484)
- November 1 - Giulio Romano, Italian painter (born 1499)
- Gaudenzio Ferrari, Italian painter and sculptor
- Philipp von Hutten, German knight (born 1511)
- Khair ad Din "Barbarossa", corsair ruler of Algiers (born 1475)
- Friedrich Myconius, German Lutheran theologian (born 1491)
- Francisco de Vitoria, Renaissance theologian (born 1492)
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