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| Centuries: | 15th century - 16th century - 17th century |
| Decades: | 1510s 1520s 1530s - 1540s - 1550s 1560s 1570s |
| Years: | 1543 1544 1545 - 1546 - 1547 1548 1549 |
| 1546 in topic: |
| Subjects: Archaeology - Architecture - |
| Art - Literature - Music - Science |
| Leaders: State leaders - Colonial governors |
| Category: Establishments - Disestablishments |
| Births - Deaths - Works |
Year 1546 (MDXLVI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events of 1546
- The Spanish conquer the Yucatan.
- Peace is declared between England and France.
- Trinity College, Cambridge is founded by Henry VIII of England.
- Katharina von Bora flees to Magdeburg.
- Michelangelo Buonarroti is made chief architect of St. Peter's Basilica.
- The Schmalkaldic War, a political struggle between imperial forces under Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, and the forces of the Schmalkaldic League, begins.
- Rebellions in East Anglia break out against the Reformation.
Births
| Gregorian calendar | 1546 MDXLVI |
| Ab urbe condita | 2299 |
| Armenian calendar | 995 ԹՎ ՋՂԵ |
| Bahá'í calendar | -298 – -297 |
| Berber calendar | 2496 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2090 |
| Burmese calendar | 908 |
| Byzantine calendar | 7054 – 7055 |
| Chinese calendar | 乙巳年十一月廿九日 (4182/4242-11-29) — to —
丙午年十二月初九日(4183/4243-12-9) |
| Coptic calendar | 1262 – 1263 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1538 – 1539 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5306 – 5307 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1601 – 1602 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1468 – 1469 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4647 – 4648 |
| Holocene calendar | 11546 |
| Iranian calendar | 924 – 925 |
| Islamic calendar | 952 – 953 |
| Japanese calendar | Tenbun 15 (天文15年) |
| Korean calendar | 3879 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2089 |
- January 27 - Joachim Friedrich, Elector of Brandenburg (d. 1608)
- May 5 - Thomas Cecil, 1st Earl of Exeter, English politician (d. 1623)
- June 24 - Robert Parsons, English Jesuit priest (d. 1610)
- July 4 - Murat III, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1595)
- December 14 - Tycho Brahe, Danish astronomer (d. 1601)
- date unknown
- François d'Aguilon, Belgian mathematician and physicist (d. 1617)
- William Barclay, Scottish jurist (d. 1608)
- Luca Bati, Italian Baroque composer (d. 1608)
- Philippe Desportes, French poet (d. 1606)
- Thomas Digges, English astronomer (d. 1595)
- Takeda Katsuyori, Japanese nobleman (d. 1582)
- Tobias Matthew, archbishop of York (d. 1628)
- Mikołaj VII Radziwiłł, Polish magnate (d. 1565)
- Gasparo Tagliacozzi, Italian surgeon and anatomist (d. 1599)
- probable
- Lodewijk Elzevir, Dutch printer (d. 1617)
- See also Category: 1546 births.
Deaths
- January 11 - Gaudenzio Ferrari, Italian painter and sculptor (b. c. 1471)
- January 21 - Azai Sukemasa, Japanese samurai and warlord (b. 1491)
- February 18 - Martin Luther, German religious reformer (b. 1483)
- March 1 - George Wishart, Scottish religious reformer (martyred) (b. 1513)
- March 26 - Thomas Elyot, English diplomat and scholar (b. c. 1490)
- April 7 - Friedrich Myconius, German Lutheran theologian (b. 1491)
- May 17 - Philipp von Hutten, German knight (b. 1511)
- May 29 - David Beaton, Scottish Catholic cardinal (b. c. 1494)
- July 4 - Khair ad Din "Barbarossa", corsair ruler of Algiers (b. 1475)
- July 9 - Robert Maxwell, 2nd Lord Maxwell, Scottish statesman (b. c. 1493)
- July 16 - Anne Askew, English Protestant (burned at the stake) (b. 1521)
- August 1 - Peter Faber, French Jesuit theologian (b. 1506)
- August 3
- Étienne Dolet, French scholar and printer (b. 1509)
- Antonio da Sangallo the Younger, Italian architect (b. 1484)
- August 12 - Francisco de Vitoria, Renaissance theologian (b. 1492)
- November 1 - Giulio Romano, Italian painter (b. 1499)
- See also Category: 1546 deaths.
