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What Happened in February 1543

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Historical Events

  • Feb 11 Battle at Wayna Daga: Ethiopian and Portuguese troops beat Muslim army

Anti-French Covenant

Feb 11 Holy Roman Emperor Charles V and English King Henry VIII sign anti-French covenant

King of England Henry VIII
Holy Roman Emperor Charles V
Events in 1543

Famous Birthdays

  • Feb 16 Kano Eitoku, Japanese painter (d. 1590)
  • Feb 18 Charles III, Duke of Lorraine (d. 1608)
Born in 1543

Famous Deaths

  • Feb 10 Johann Eck, German Scholastic theologian and early counter-reformer against Lutheran challenges, dies a 56
  • Feb 11 Ahmed Gran, sultan of Adal, dies in battle at Wayna Daga


What Happened in 1543

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