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1547

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Millennium: 2nd millennium
Centuries: 15th century16th century17th century
Decades: 1510s  1520s  1530s  – 1540s –  1550s  1560s  1570s
Years: 1544 1545 154615471548 1549 1550
1547 in other calendars
Gregorian calendar1547
MDXLVII
Ab urbe condita2300
Armenian calendar996
ԹՎ ՋՂԶ
Assyrian calendar6297
Balinese saka calendar1468–1469
Bengali calendar954
Berber calendar2497
English Regnal year38 Hen. 8 – 1 Edw. 6
Buddhist calendar2091
Burmese calendar909
Byzantine calendar7055–7056
Chinese calendar丙午(Fire Horse)
4243 or 4183
    — to —
丁未年 (Fire Goat)
4244 or 4184
Coptic calendar1263–1264
Discordian calendar2713
Ethiopian calendar1539–1540
Hebrew calendar5307–5308
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat1603–1604
 - Shaka Samvat1468–1469
 - Kali Yuga4647–4648
Holocene calendar11547
Igbo calendar547–548
Iranian calendar925–926
Islamic calendar953–954
Japanese calendarTenbun 16
(天文16年)
Javanese calendar1465–1466
Julian calendar1547
MDXLVII
Korean calendar3880
Minguo calendar365 before ROC
民前365年
Nanakshahi calendar79
Thai solar calendar2089–2090
Tibetan calendar阳火马年
(male Fire-Horse)
1673 or 1292 or 520
    — to —
阴火羊年
(female Fire-Goat)
1674 or 1293 or 521

1547 (MDXLVII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar, the 1547th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 547th year of the 2nd millennium, the 47th year of the 16th century, and the 8th year of the 1540s decade. As of the start of 1547, the Gregorian calendar was 10 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.

A map showing Habsburg possessions in 1547

1547 was a year that marked the deaths of two powerful European Kings - 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 became the next King. Also, during this year, Ivan IV of Russia was crowned Tsar. He later became better known as Ivan the Terrible.

Edward VI of England becomes King at the age of nine years.

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Miguel de Cervantes 1547-1616

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Henry VIII of England 1491-1547

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