1543

March 2011 1543 1543 De revolutionibus 1543.png 215 May: De revolutionibus orbi published by Copernicus Vesalius Fabrica fronticepiece.jpg 200 June: Humani corporis fabrica published by Vesalius thumb|150px|Nicolaus Copernicus thumb|150px|Andreas Vesalius Year 1543 (MDXLIII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar. It is one of the years sometimes referred to as an "Annus mirabilis" because of its significant publications in science, considered the start of the Scientific Revolution. Events January–March January 4 – Andrea Centurione Pietrasanta begins a two-year term as the new Doge of the Republic of Genoa, replacing Leonardo Cattaneo della Volta. January 8 – The burial of King James V of Scotland is carried out at Holyrood Abbey.Andrea Thomas, Princelie Majestie (John Donald, 2005) pp. 12–15 February 11 – King Henry VIII of England allies with Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, against France.Palmer Alan Palmer Veronica 1992 The Chronology of British History Century Ltd London 147–150 0-7126-5616-2 February 21 – Battle of Wayna Daga: A joint Ethiopian-Portuguese force of 8,500, under Emperor Gelawdewos of Ethiopia, defeats Imam Ahmad ibn Ibrahim al-Ghazi's army of over 14,000, ending the Ethiopian–Adal War. March 7 – Abu Abdallah Muhammad VI is installed as the new ruler of the Kingdom of Tlemcen in modern-day Algeria, succeeding his brother Abu Zayyan III.African States and Rulers Stewart John McFarland 1989 0-89950-390-X LondonAbun-Nasr Jamil https://books.google.com/books?id=jdlKbZ46YYkC A history of the Maghrib in the Islamic period Cambridge University Press 1987 0521337674 Cambridge 149–157 en Massive flooding of the Mississippi River and the Arkansas River begins in southeastern North America over a 40 day period while Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto and his team are passing through.Ned Randolph, Muddy Thinking in the Mississippi River Delta: A Call for Reclamation (University of California Press, 2024) pp.22-23 The event is noted by the chronicler of the DeSoto Expedition, Inca Garcilaso de la Vega. March 15 – James Hamilton, 2nd Earl of Arran, is elected by the Scottish Parliament as the Regent for the infant Mary Queen of Scots. March 18 – As flooding of the Mississippi continues De la Vega notes that today "while the Spaniards... were making a procession in honor of Our Redeemer's entrance into Jerusalem, the river entered the gates of the little village of Aminoya in the wildness and fury of its flood, and two days later on we could not pass through the streets except in canoes."Garcilaso de la Vega, The Florida of the Inca (1560) translated by John and Jeannette Varner, (University of Texas Press, 1951) p.554 March 20 – King Gustav of Sweden leads troops in troops crushing Dacke's Rebellion, led by Swedish peasant Nils Dacke, with defeat coming at the Battle of Hjortensjon."Hjortensjon I", in Dictionary of Battles and Sieges: A Guide to 8,500 Battles from Antiquity Through the Twenty-first Century, ed. by Tony Jaques (Bloomsbury Publishing, 2006) p.450 March 21 – In Nuremberg, De revolutionibus orbium coelestium (On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres) is printed Karol Górski, Mikołaj Kopernik: Środowisko społeczne i samotność (Nicolaus Copernicus: Social Environment and Loneliness) (Toruń: Mikloaj Kopernik University Press, 2012) p.251 978-83-231-2777-2 during the illness of Nicholas Copernicus, offering mathematical arguments for the existence of the heliocentric universe, denying the geocentric model. According to legend, Copernicus, who had a stroke in December, is presented a copy of the book on his deathbed shortly before dying on May 24 in Frombork at the age of 70. April–June April 23 – Suleiman the Magnificent, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, follows up on his 1541 annexation of Hungary by invading a second time to capture areas that had been taken by Archduke Ferdinand, including Esztergom.Turnbull Stephen R. The Ottoman Empire, 1326–1699 Osprey Publishing Ltd 2003 50–52 978-0-415-96913-0 May 5 – Elizabeth of Austria, daughter of Archduke Ferdinand I, marries Sigismund II Augustus, King of Poland. Her coronation as Queen consort of Poland takes place three days later at Kraków Cathedral as the Archbishop of Gniezno, Piotr Gamrat, places the crown of Hedwig of Kalisz upon her head. May 12 – King Henry VIII of England gives royal assent to numerous laws passed by parliament, including the Act for the Advancement of True Religion, restricting the reading of the Bible to clerics, noblemen, and upper class society. The Act will be repealed in 1547 during the reign of King Edward VI. Laws in Wales Act 1542, second phase of the Consolidating Act of Welsh Union, is given royal assent, establishing counties and regularizing parliamentary representation in Wales. June 4 – Fabiano di Monte San Savinov leads 500 infantry men and some cavalry in an attempt to conquer the Republic of San Marino, but the group fails after getting lost in a dense fog on Saint Quirinus' Day.Nevio and Annio Maria Matteimi The Republic of San Marino: Historical and Artistic Guide to the City and the Castles (Azienda Tipografica Editoriale, 1981) p.23 June 22 – King Henry VIII of England declares war on King Francis I of France, one month after sending an ultimatum.G. R. Elton, England Under the Tudors (London: The Folio Society, 1997) June – Andreas Vesalius publishes De humani corporis fabrica (On the Fabric of the Human Body), revolutionising the science of human anatomy.M. H. Spielmann, The Iconography of Andreas Vesalius (André Vésale), Anatomist and Physician, 1514-1564 (John Bale, Sons & Danielsson Ltd., 1925) p.1 July–September July 1 – The Treaty of Greenwich is signed between representatives of the Kingdoms of England and Scotland as part of a plan to eventually unify the two nations under one monarch. As part of the treaty, the two nations agree to avoid war during the reign of King Henry VIII in England or Mary, Queen of Scots in Scotland and for another year after both are gone. The second part of the Treaty provides that Mary, Queen of Scots (six months old at the time) will eventually become the wife of Crown Prince Edward (then 5 years old), son of King Henry VIII. The Scottish Parliament repudiates the treaty five months later. July 12 – King Henry VIII of England marries Catherine Parr. It is Henry's sixth and last marriage and Catherine's third.Ian Lancashire Dramatic Texts and Records of Britain: A Chronological Topography to 1558 https://books.google.com/books?id=NCmwCzNmmo0C&pg=PA378 2 August 1984 Cambridge University Press 978-0-521-26295-8 378 Princess Elizabeth attends the wedding. This month, the Parliament of England passes the Third Succession Act, restoring the Princesses Mary and Elizabeth, Henry's daughters, to the line of succession to the English throne. July 25– The first large naval battle in the Atlantic Ocean, the Battle of Muros Bay, takes place off of the coast of Galicia in Spain between the French fleet and the Spanish fleet. Although France has the larger force, the Spanish Admiral Álvaro de Bazán identifies the flagship of French Admiral Jean de Clamorgan and sinks the vessel. Spain then captures the remaining 23 other ships and takes 3,000 prisoners, while France loses 3,000 dead and injured. Suleiman the Magnificent, the Ottoman Sultan, begins the siege of the city of Esztergom in Hungary.https://books.google.com/books?id=3orG2yZ9mBkC&pg=PA59 1543 Slovak history: chronology & lexicon Július Bartl 2002 Bolchazy-Carducci 59 9780865164444 2013-02-11 August 6– The Siege of Nice by the Ottoman Empire and French forces (under the Franco-Ottoman alliance), led by Admiral Hayreddin Barbarossa, begins. At the time, the city is under the control of the Duchy of Savoy and is defended by the Savoyards, assisted by the Habsburg armies of Spain and the Holy Roman Empire. The siege lasts for 16 days. August 10 – Esztergom surrenders to the Ottomans led by Suleiman the Magnificent. August 22 – The city of Nice is captured by the Ottomans and Barbarossa after a long bombardment. The Ottomans pillage the city and take away 2,500 captives to be sold into slavery. August 25 – (24th day of 7th month of Tenbun 12) The first Europeans arrive in Japan and introduce firearms to the Asian monarchy, as the Chinese pirate Wang Zhi escorts Portuguese traders to in Tanegashima island in southern Kyushu. The first European visitors include António Mota, António Peixoto, Francisco Zeimoto, and Fernão Mendes Pinto.Noel Perrin "Giving up the gun", p.7 978-0-87923-773-8 September 4 – Campaign of Suleiman: Suleiman the Magnificent captures the Hungarian coronation city of Székesfehérvár after a siege that had started on August 20. The city will be occupied by the Ottoman Empire for 145 years. September 9 – Mary Stuart is crowned the Queen of Scots in Stirling at the age of nine months old.Lucinda H. S. Dean, 'Crowning the Child', Sean McGlynn & Elena Woodacre, The Image and Perception of Monarchy in Medieval and Early Modern Europe (Newcastle, 2014), pp. 254-80. September–October – Landrecies in Picardy is besieged by forces under Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, but the siege is withdrawn on the approach of the French army. October–December October 6 – In order to aid James Hamilton, Earl of Arran, Regent of Scotland, in his defense against challenger Matthew Stewart, 4th Earl of Lennox, King Francois of France arranges for two envoys, Jacques de La Brosse and Jacques Ménage to deliver money and munitions to Dumbarton Castle. The envoys unwittingly deliver Arran's materials to Lennox.Dickinson, Gladys, Two Missions of de la Brosse (Edinburgh, Scottish History Society, 1942), pp. 3-9. November 16 – Suleiman, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, completes his campaign to bring Hungary under Ottoman rule, having captured Esztergom, Székesfehérvár, Siklós and Szeged December 7 (11 waxing of Natdaw 905 ME) – The land and naval forces of the Confederation of Shan States (consisting of the principalities of Mohnyin, Mogaung, Bhamo, Momeik and Kale), led by Prince Sawlon of Mohnyin and King Hkonmaing, depart from the Shan capital, Awa, to start an invasion of the Toungoo Empire in upper Myanmar. The invaders easily overrun Toungoo and its capital at Prome a week later.Royal Historical Commission of Burma Royal Historical Commission of Burma Hmannan Yazawin 1 1832 Yangon Burmese 2003 Ministry of Information, Myanmar December 11 – The Parliament of Scotland votes against ratifying the Treaty of Greenwich that had been signed with England on July 1. December 20 – The Eight Years War, also called the "War of Rough Wooing", begins as Scotland's Parliament votes to declare war on the Kingdom of England."Arran, Earls of", in Encyclopædia Britannica, ed. by Hugh Chisholm (11th ed., vol. 2) (Cambridge University Press, 1911) pp. 642–644. December 31 – King Henry VIII of England signs an agreement with Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor to invade France by June 20, 1544 with at least 35,000 infantry and 7,000 cavalry. Date unknown Martin Luther publishes On the Jews and Their Lies. Mikael Agricola publishes Abckiria.Books from Finland https://books.google.com/books?id=_qNKAQAAIAAJ 1992 Publishers' Association of Finland 180 The Lighthouse of Genoa is completed in present form.itanw Indians in the Spanish Empire are declared free, against the wishes of local settlers. Births thumb|right|110px|Tokugawa Ieyasu January 18 (baptized) – Alfonso Ferrabosco, Italian composer (d. 1588) January 31 – Tokugawa Ieyasu, Japanese shōgun (d. 1616) February 4 – Johannes Heurnius, Dutch physician (d. 1601) February 4 – Giovanni Francesco Fara, Italian writer (d. 1591) February 16 – Kanō Eitoku, Japanese painter (d. 1590)The New Encyclopaedia Britannica https://books.google.com/books?id=cPEpAQAAMAAJ 1998 Encyclopaedia Britannica 978-0-85229-663-9 721 February 18 – Duke Charles III of Lorraine (d. 1608) February 25 – Sharaf Khan Bidlisi, Emir of Bitlis (d. 1603) March 7 – John Casimir of the Palatinate-Simmern, German prince and reigning count palatine of Simmern (d. 1592) April 1 – François de Bonne, Duke of Lesdiguières, Constable of France (d. 1626) April 11 – George John I, Count Palatine of Veldenz (d. 1592) May 2 – Jan Moretus, Belgian printer (d. 1610) June 8 – Petrus Albinus, German historian, local history researcher and poet (d. 1598) June 29 – Christine of Hesse, duchess consort of Holstein-Gottorp (1465-1486) (d. 1604) July 20 – Nils Svantesson Sture, Swedish diplomat (d. 1567) August 3 – Nicasius de Sille, Dutch diplomat (d. 1600) August 21 – Giovanni Bembo, Doge of Venice (d. 1618) September 14 – Claudio Acquaviva, Italian Jesuit (d. 1615) October 21 – Michael Hicks, English politician (d. 1612) November 2 – Kasper Franck, German theologian (d. 1584) November 8 – Lettice Knollys, English noblewoman (d. 1634)O'Day Rosemary The Routledge Companion to the Tudor Age 26 July 2012 Routledge 978-1-136-96253-0 1585 https://books.google.com/books?id=PgKSouk9fHUC&pg=PA1585 en December 3 – Alessandro Riario, Italian Catholic cardinal (d. 1585) December 29 – Catherine of Nassau-Dillenburg, daughter of William I (d. 1624) date unknown Nicolas de Neufville, seigneur de Villeroy, 2nd Prime Minister of France (d. 1617) Thomas Deloney, English novelist and balladeer (d. 1600) Domenico Fontana, Italian architect (d. 1607) Sonam Gyatso, 3rd Dalai Lama, first Dalai Lama (d. 1588) François Pithou, French lawyer and author (d. 1621) Hayyim ben Joseph Vital, Syrian Jewish rabbi and mystic (d. 1620) Chen Lin, Ming Dynasty general (d. 1607) probable Giovanni Maria Nanino, Italian composer (d. 1607) Federico Zuccari, Italian painter (d. 1609) Deaths thumb|right|110px|Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo thumb|right|110px|Nicolaus Copernicus thumb|right|110px|Hans Holbein the Younger thumb|right|110px|Gian Matteo Giberti January 2 – Francesco Canova da Milano, Italian composer (b. 1497) January 3 – Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo, Portuguese explorer (b. 1499) January 9 – Guillaume du Bellay, French diplomat and general (b. 1491) February 13 – Johann Eck, German Scholastic theologian (b. 1486) February 21 – Ahmad ibn Ibrahim al-Ghazi, Imam of Adal (in battle) (b. c. 1506) March 2 – John Neville, 3rd Baron Latimer, English politician (b. 1493) March 6 – Baccio D'Agnolo, Florentine woodcarver (b. 1460) April 23 – Susanna of Bavaria, German noble, House of Wittelsbach (b. 1502) May 24 – Nicolaus Copernicus, Polish mathematician and astronomer (b. 1473)Paul F. Grendler Encyclopedia of the Renaissance: Class-Furió Ceriol https://books.google.com/books?id=a43rAAAAMAAJ 1999 Scribner's published 978-0-684-80509-2 83 June 27 – Agnolo Firenzuola, Italian poet (b. 1493) July 19 – Mary Boleyn, English courtier, mistress of Kings Francis I of France and Henry VIII of England (b. 1500)George Edward Cokayne The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom: Bass to Canning https://books.google.com/books?id=WgsMAQAAMAAJ 1912 St. Catherine Press, Limited 146 August 1 – Magnus I, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg, German noble (b. 1470) August 29 – Maria of Jülich-Berg, German duchess, Spouse of John III, Duke of Cleves (b. 1491) September 2 – Sultan Quli Qutb Mulk, founder of the Qutb Shahi dynasty of Golconda (b. 1470) September 20 – Thomas Manners, 1st Earl of Rutland (b. 1492) September 23 – Johanna of Hachberg-Sausenberg, countess regnant of Neuchatel (b. 1485) November 29 – Hans Holbein the Younger, German artist, active in EnglandNorbert Wolf Hans Holbein the Younger, 1497/98-1543: The German Raphael https://books.google.com/books?id=xklcDZTnAAAC&pg=PA95 2004 Taschen 978-3-8228-3167-0 95 December 27 – George, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach (b. 1484) December 29 – Maria Salviati, Italian noble (b. 1499) December 30 – Gian Matteo Giberti, Italian Catholic bishop (b. 1495) date unknown Polidoro da Caravaggio, Italian painter (b. 1492; murdered)http://www.gutenberg.org/files/28421/28421-h/28421-h.htm#Page_173 Lives of the Most Eminent Painters Sculptors and Architects 5 (of 10) Andrea da Fiesole to Lorenzo Lotto Giorgio Vasari Project Gutenberg Giorgio Vasari Madeleine Lartessuti, French shipper and banker (b. 1478) Al-Mutawakkil III, last caliph of the Cairo-based Abbasid caliphate Sehzade Mehmed, Ottoman prince (b. 1521) probable Sebastian Franck, German freethinker (b. 1515) Margaret Lee, English courtier, sister of poet Thomas Wyatt (b. 1506) References