Famous Deaths in 1547

  • Jan 11 Pietro Bembo, Italian author, literary theorist, and Catholic cardinal (b. 1470)
  • Jan 16 Johannes Schöner, German astronomer and cartographer (b. 1477)
  • Jan 19 Henry Howard, earl of Surrey, army commander/poet, beheaded at 29
  • Jan 24 Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey, executed for treason
  • Jan 25 Lieven Algoet, Flemish humanist, dies
  • Jan 27 Anna of Bohemia and Hungary, Queen of the Romans, dies at 43

Person of interestHenry VIII

Jan 28 Henry VIII, King of England (1509-47), dies at 55

King of England Henry VIII
King of England
Henry VIII
  • Mar 30 Francois I of Valois-Angouleme, King of France (1515-47), dies at 52

Person of interestFrancis I of France

Mar 31 King Francis I of France (1515-47), dies complaining about the weight of the crown at 52

King Francis I of France
King
Francis I of France
  • Jun 21 Sebastiano del Piombo, Italian painter (b. 1485)
  • Aug 7 Cajetanus van Thiene, Italian saint, dies
  • Sep 10 Pierlugi Faraese, Italian son of Pope Paul III, murdered
  • Oct 19 Pierino del Vaga, Italian painter, dies at about 46

Person of interestHernán Cortés

Dec 2 Hernán Cortés, Spanish conquistador (defeated the Aztec Empire and colonized large parts of Mexico), dies of pleurisy at 61 or 62

Spanish Conquistador Hernán Cortés
Spanish Conquistador
Hernán Cortés