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Events
January 6
- King
Henry VIII of England
marries
Anne of Cleves
, his fourth Queen consort.
July 9
- King
Henry VIII of England
divorces
Anne of Cleves
, his fourth Queen consort.
July 28
- One of the most important political figures of the reign of
Henry VIII of England
,
Thomas Cromwell
, is executed on order from the king on charges of
treason
. Henry marries his fifth wife,
Catherine Howard
, on the same day.
Spain
, Foundation of
Society of Jesus
,
Catholicism
French translation of
John Calvin
's
L'Institution chrétienne
(originally in
Latin
)
Gelawdewos succeeds his father Lebna Dengel as Emperor of Ethiopia.
Births
June 3
- Archduke
Charles II of Austria
, Regent of Inner Austria
Amago Yoshihisa
, Japanese
samurai
and warlord
Andrea Andreani
, Italian artist (possibly in
1560
)
Joseph Justus Scaliger
,
Protestant
scholar
Alessandro Striggio
, a leading Italian composer of the late Renaissance, inventor of
madrigal comedy
(approximate date)
Deaths
May 22
-
Francesco Guicciardini
July 28
-
Thomas Cromwell
, English statesman (executed).
September 2
- Lebna Dengel , Emperor of
Ethiopia
(died in battle)
Elizabeth Blount
, former mistress of
Henry VIII of England
.
Thomas Abell , priest.
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