What Happened in June 1547

Historical Events

Peace of Adrianople

Jun 13 Peace of Adrianople (Treaty of Edirne) King Ferdinand of Austria agrees to pay Ottoman Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent 30,000 gold Forints for western Hungary

  • Jun 21 Great fire in Moscow, a third of the largely wooden city destroyed and 2-3,000 killed

The Protestant Reformation

Jun 23 Champion of the Protestant Reformation, Philip I, Landgrave of Hesse is captured and taken to south Germany


Famous Birthdays

  • Jun 28 Cristofano Malvezzi, Italian composer, born in Lucca, Republic of Lucca (now Italy) (d. 1599)

Famous Deaths

  • Jun 21 Sebastiano del Piombo, Italian painter (b. 1485)