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Historical Events for the Year 1546

• 23rd January » Having published nothing for eleven years, François Rabelais publishes the 'Tiers Livre', his sequel to Gargantua and Pantagruel.

Famous Birthdays in 1546

• 27th January » Joachim III Frederick, Elector of Brandenburg (d. 1608)
• 5th May » Thomas Cecil, 1st Earl of Exeter, English soldier and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Northamptonshire (d. 1623)
• 24th June » Robert Persons, English-Italian priest (d. 1610)
• 4th July » Murad III, Ottoman sultan (d. 1595)
• 14th December » Tycho Brahe, Danish astronomer and chemist (d. 1601)
• 22nd December » Kuroda Yoshitaka, Japanese daimyo (d. 1604)

Famous Deaths in History for 1546

• 21st January » Azai Sukemasa, Japanese daimyo (b. 1491)
• 18th February » Martin Luther, German monk and priest, leader of the Protestant Reformation (b. 1483)
• 1st March » George Wishart, Scottish minister and martyr (b. 1513)
• 26th March » Thomas Elyot, English diplomat and scholar (b. 1490)
• 29th May » David Beaton, Scottish cardinal (b. 1494)
• 4th July » Hayreddin Barbarossa, Greek-Turkish admiral (b. 1478)
• 16th July » Anne Askew, English author and poet (b. 1520)
• 2nd August » Peter Faber, French priest and theologian, co-founded the Society of Jesus (b. 1506)
• 3rd August » Antonio da Sangallo the Younger, Italian architect, designed the Apostolic Palace (b. 1484)
• 3rd August » Étienne Dolet, French scholar and translator (b. 1509)
• 1st November » Giulio Romano, Italian painter and architect (b. 1499)

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