1547

1547 in other calendars
Gregorian calendar	1547; MDXLVII
Ab urbe condita	2300
Armenian calendar	996; ԹՎ ՋՂԶ
Assyrian calendar	6297
Balinese saka calendar	1468–1469
Bengali calendar	954
Berber calendar	2497
English Regnal year	38 Hen. 8 – 1 Edw. 6
Buddhist calendar	2091
Burmese calendar	909
Byzantine calendar	7055–7056
Chinese calendar	丙午年 (Fire Horse); 4243 or 4183; — to —; 丁未年 (Fire Goat); 4244 or 4184
Coptic calendar	1263–1264
Discordian calendar	2713
Ethiopian calendar	1539–1540
Hebrew calendar	5307–5308
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	1603–1604
- Shaka Samvat	1468–1469
- Kali Yuga	4647–4648
Holocene calendar	11547
Igbo calendar	547–548
Iranian calendar	925–926
Islamic calendar	953–954
Japanese calendar	Tenbun 16; (天文１６年)
Javanese calendar	1465–1466
Julian calendar	1547; MDXLVII
Korean calendar	3880
Minguo calendar	365 before ROC; 民前365年
Nanakshahi calendar	79
Thai solar calendar	2089–2090
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

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	15th century – 16th century – 17th century
Decades:	1510s 1520s 1530s – 1540s – 1550s 1560s 1570s
Years:	1544 1545 1546 – 1547 – 1548 1549 1550

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.

Summary change

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.

January 2 - Giovanni Luigi Fieschi leads a failed revolt in Genoa against Andrea Doria.
January 16 – Grand Duke Ivan IV of Muscovy becomes the first Tsar of Russia.
January 28 – Edward VI succeeds his father Henry VIII as King of England. Henry VIII had been King since 1509.
February 20 – Edward VI of England is crowned at Westminster Abbey
March 31 – Henry II succeeds his father Francis I as King of France.
April 4 - Catherine Parr, widow of Henry VIII of England, secretly marries Thomas Seymour, 1st Baron Seymour of Sudeley.
April 24 – Battle of Mühlberg – Emperor Charles V defeats the forces of the Schmalkaldic League under the Elector John Frederick of Saxony.
September 10 – Battle of Pinkie. An English army under the Duke of Somerset, Protector of England, defeats a Scottish army under James Hamilton, 2nd Earl of Arran, the Regent. The English seize Edinburgh.

Gregorian calendar	1547 MDXLVII
Ab urbe condita	2300
Armenian calendar	996 ԹՎ ՋՂԶ
Assyrian calendar	6297
Balinese saka calendar	1468–1469
Bengali calendar	954
Berber calendar	2497
English Regnal year	38 Hen. 8 – 1 Edw. 6
Buddhist calendar	2091
Burmese calendar	909
Byzantine calendar	7055–7056
Chinese calendar	丙午年 (Fire Horse) 4243 or 4183 — to — 丁未年 (Fire Goat) 4244 or 4184
Coptic calendar	1263–1264
Discordian calendar	2713
Ethiopian calendar	1539–1540
Hebrew calendar	5307–5308
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	1603–1604
- Shaka Samvat	1468–1469
- Kali Yuga	4647–4648
Holocene calendar	11547
Igbo calendar	547–548
Iranian calendar	925–926
Islamic calendar	953–954
Japanese calendar	Tenbun 16 (天文１６年)
Javanese calendar	1465–1466
Julian calendar	1547 MDXLVII
Korean calendar	3880
Minguo calendar	365 before ROC 民前365年
Nanakshahi calendar	79
Thai solar calendar	2089–2090
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