1543
EventsFebruary 21 - Battle of Wayna Daga - A combined army of Ethiopian and Portuguese troops defeat the armies of Adal led by Ahmed Gragn.May - Nicolaus Copernicus publishes De revolutionibus orbium coelestiumJuly 12 - King Henry VIII of England marries Catherine Parr. It is the sixth of Henry's marriages and the third of Catherine's. Princess Elizabeth attends the weddingNice is captured and sacked by a Franco-Turkish fleet under Khair ed-Din Barbarossa.September-October - Landrecies in Picardy is besieged by forces under Emperor Charles V, but withdraw on the approach of the French army.Japanese receive first firearms from shipwrecked PortugueseIndians in Spanish colonies are announced free against the wish of local settlers
Science Andreas Vesalius publishes De Humanis Corporis Fabrica (On the Fabric of the Human Body), revolutionising the science of human anatomy Nicolaus Copernicus - De Revolutionibus Orbium Coelestium
BirthsJanuary 18 (baptized) Alfonso Ferrabosco, Italian composerWilliam Byrd, English composerDomenico Fontana, Italian architect (d. 1607)Sonam Gyrso, 3rd Dalai LamaTokugawa Ieyasu, Japanese shogun and founder of Tokugawa shogunateGiovanni Maria Nanino (Nanini), Italian composerFederigo Zuccaro, Italian painter
Deaths February 21 - Ahmed Gragn, sultan of Adal. May 24 - Nicolaus Copernicus, Polish astronomer July 19 - Mary Boleyn, former mistress to both Francis I of France and Henry VIII of England. Francesco da Milano, Italian composer
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