Today in History for Year 1543

Months in Year 1543: January February March April May June July August September October

Historical Events

Events 1 - 11 of 11

Feb 11th - Battle at Wayna Daga: Ethiopian/Portugese troops beat Moslem army
Feb 11th - Karel/Henry VIII sign anti-French covenant
Jul 1st - England & Scotland sign Peace treaty of Greenwich
Jul 7th - French troops invade Luxembourg
Aug 5th - French & Turkish troops occupy Nice
Aug 22nd - Emperor Charles V's army occupies Duren
Sep 3rd - Cardinal Beaton replaces earl Arran as regent for Mary of Scotland
Sep 6th - French & Turkish fleet occupies Nice
Sep 7th - Duke Willem of Gulik surrenders to emperor Charles V
Sep 9th - Mary Stuart, at nine months old, is crowned "Queen of Scots" in the central Scottish town of Stirling.
Sep 12th - Treaty of Venlo: Duke Willem of Gulik & Emperor Charles V

Famous Birthdays

Birthdays 1 - 8 of 8

Jan 18th - Alfonso Ferrabosco, composer
Jan 31st - Tokugawa Ieyasu, Shogun of Japan (d. 1616)
Feb 16th - Kano Eitoku, Japanese painter (d. 1590)
Feb 18th - Charles III, Duke of Lorraine (d. 1608)
Mar 7th - Johan Casimir, count of Rhine (occupied Gent)
Apr 1st - François de Bonne, duc de Lesdiguières, Constable of France (d. 1626)
Sep 14th - Claudio Aquaviva, Italian Jesuit (d. 1615)
Oct 23rd - Juan de la Cueva, Spain, dramatist

Famous Weddings

Weddings 1 - 1 of 1

Jul 12th - England's King Henry VIII weds Catherine Parr (6th & last wife)

Famous Deaths

Deaths 1 - 6 of 6

Jan 3rd - Juan Cabrillo, conqueror of Cen America, discoverer of California, dies
Jan 9th - Guillaume du Bellay, French diplomat and general (b. 1491)
Feb 11th - Ahmed Gran, sultan of Adal, dies in battle at Wayna Daga
May 24th - Nicolas Copernicus, astronomer, dies in Poland
Jun 27th - Agnolo Firenzuola, [Giovannini], Ital monk (De golden ezel), dies
Jul 19th - Lady Mary Boleyn, mistress of King Henry VIII of England