Historical Events
Ivan IV the Terrible
Jan 16 Ivan the Terrible, aged 17, crowns himself the 1st tsar of Moscow
- Jan 19 Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey, is executed in the Tower of London for treason
Edward VI
Jan 28 9-year-old Edward VI succeeds Henry VIII as King of England
Famous Deaths
- Jan 11 Pietro Bembo, Italian writer, literary theorist, and Catholic cardinal, dies at 77
- Jan 16 Johannes Schöner, German polymath, astronomer and cartographer (Schöner globes), dies at 70
- Jan 19 Henry Howard, earl of Surrey, army commander/poet, beheaded at 29
- Jan 24 Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey, executed for treason
- Jan 25 Lieven Algoet, Flemish humanist who worked for Erasmus, dies
- Jan 27 Anna of Bohemia and Hungary, Queen of the Romans, dies at 43
Henry VIII (1491-1547)
Jan 28 King of England (1509-47) who separated the Church of England from the Roman Catholic Church, dies at 55
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