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=== January&ndash;March ===
* [[January 8]] &ndash; The first Lithuanian-language book, a ''[[Catechism of Martynas Mažvydas|Catechism]]'' ({{Lang|olt|Katekizmo paprasti žodžiai}}, Simple Words of [[Catechism]]), is published in [[Königsberg]] by [[Martynas Mažvydas]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Kaukienė |first1=Audronė |title=M. Mažvydas: pirmoji lietuviškoji knyga : tarptautinės mokslinės konferencijos, įvykusios 1997 m. sausio 14 d., medžiaga |date=1997 |publisher=Klaipėdos Universiteto Baltistikos centras |isbn=978-9986-505-57-0 |page=103 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zK0YAQAAIAAJ&q=%E2%80%9E1547%20m.%20sausio%208%20d. |access-date=26 September 2023 |language=lt}}</ref>
* [[January 13]] &ndash; [[Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey]] is sentenced to death for treason in England.<ref name=Howard>{{cite web |title=Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey {{!}} English poet |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Henry-Howard-Earl-of-Surrey |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=10 April 2019 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Sessions |first1=William A. |title=Henry Howard, the poet Earl of Surrey : a life |date=1999 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-818624-3 |page=405 |url=https://archive.org/details/henryhowardpoete0000sess/page/404/mode/2up |access-date=26 September 2023}}</ref>
* [[January 16]] &ndash; Grand Prince [[Ivan IV of Russia|Ivan IV]] is crowned as [[Tsar of all Russia]] at the [[Dormition Cathedral, Moscow|Dormition Cathedral]] in [[Moscow]], thereby proclaiming the [[Tsardom of Russia]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Flier |first1=Michael |title=The Cambridge History of Russia: Volume 1: From Early Rus' to 1689 |date=2006 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=978-1-139-05410-2 |pages=387–408 |url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/abs/cambridge-history-of-russia/political-ideas-and-rituals/3BB29CF9BF4718297851F02660A873BA |access-date=26 September 2023 |chapter=Political ideas and rituals}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Madariaga |first1=Isabel de |title=Ivan the Terrible |date=25 September 2006 |publisher=Yale University Press |isbn=978-0-300-11973-2 |pages=50–52 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xdFVn1v3FMUC&q=%2216+january%22&pg=PR1 |access-date=26 September 2023 |language=en}}</ref>
* [[January 28]] &ndash; King [[Henry VIII of England]] dies in London, and is succeeded by his 9-year-old son [[Edward VI of England|Edward VI]], as King of [[Kingdom of England|England]].<ref name=Henry>{{cite web |title=Henry VIII {{!}} Biography, Wives, & Facts |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Henry-VIII-king-of-England |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=10 April 2019 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Jordan |first1=Wilbur Kitchener |title=Edward VI: the Young King: The Protectorship of the Duke of Somerset |date=1968 |publisher=Belknap Press |page=51 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7lxnAAAAMAAJ&q=london+%2228+january%3A |access-date=26 September 2023 |language=en}}</ref>
* [[February 20]] &ndash; [[Edward VI of England]] is [[Coronation of Edward VI|crowned]] at [[Westminster Abbey]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Hunt |first1=Alice |title=The Drama of Coronation: Medieval Ceremony in Early Modern England |date=2008 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=9781139474665 |page=77 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=z5eZBJ6UXiAC&pg=PA77|language=en}}</ref>
* [[March 31]] &ndash; King [[Francis I of France]] dies at the [[Château de Rambouillet]] and is succeeded by his eldest surviving son [[Henry II of France|Henry II]] (on his 28th birthday) as [[King of France]].<ref name=Francis>{{cite web |title=Francis I {{!}} king of France |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Francis-I-king-of-France |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=10 April 2019 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Henry II {{!}} king of France |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Henry-II-king-of-France |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=10 April 2019 |language=en}}</ref>