PEACH

History

1547

Population: 498 Million*

Culture: First predictions of French astrologer Nostradamus
Entertainment: Writers include Giangiorgio Trissino (epic poetry), William Baldwin A Treatise of Morall Phyloisophie,
Music includes Henricus Glareanus (work on 12 church modes), Louis Bourgeois "Psalter"
England's Henry VIII, Painter Sebastiano del Piombo, Francis I of France, Poet Henry Howard the Earl of Surrey (executed for treason), Novelist Mateo Aleman, Italian cardinal and poet Pieto Bembo, Poet and wife of Pescara (friend of Michelangelo) Vittoria Colonna, Sow and piglets accused of eating a child – piglets acquitted, but sow executed

General: Schmalkaldic league created to protect Protestant lands defeated by HRE Charles V
Czechoslovakia: Crown of Bohemia proclaimed hereditary in House of Hapsburg
England: Death of Henry VIII of England and Edward VI rules (age 10)
Edward Seymour, Earl of Hertford, invested as Duke of Somerset and Protector of England
Execution by boiling abolished
Henry Howard the Earl of Surrey and English poet executed for high treason
English Parliament repeals statute which defines heresy
English defeat Scots as they tried to force marriage between Mary, Queen of Scots and Edward VI (He was 9.)
France: Death of Francis I - Henry II rules
La chamber ardente created in France for trial of heretics
Poor rate levied in London
French supplants Latin as official language of French authorities
Protestants in France (Huguenots) persecuted under Henry II
Holy Roman Empire: Charles V and Ferdinand forced to grant Hungary to Suleiman II
Charles V defeats Schmalkaldic league of Protestant princes at Mühlberg
Italian States: Conspiracy of Gianluigi Giesco against Andrea Doria at Genoa
Michelangelo becomes chief architect for St. Peter's in Rome and designs its dome
Russia: Czar Ivan IV "the Terrible" takes power in Russia at age 17
Moscow destroyed by fire
Scotland: English defeat Scots as they tried to force marriage between Mary, Queen of Scots and Edward VI (He was 9.)