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What Happened in February 1547

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Historical Events

Coronation of Edward VI

Feb 20 King Edward VI of England crowned following the death of his father Henry VIII

King of England and Ireland Edward VI

Famous Birthdays

  • Feb 24 John of Austria, Spanish military leader (Battle of Lepanto), and governor of the Netherlands, born in of Regensburg, Upper Palatinate (now Germany) (d. 1578)
Born in 1547

Famous Weddings

Ivan the Terrible

Feb 3 Russian Tsar Ivan IV [Ivan the Terrible] (17) marries Anastasia Romanova (17)

Ivan the Terrible

Famous People by their Chinese Zodiac Animal

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