1537
*
January 6 -
Alessandro de Medici assassinated
*
August 25 -
The Honourable Artillery Company, the oldest surviving regiment in the
British Army, and the second most senior, was formed.
*
Pope Paul III publishes the encyclical
Sublimis Deus, which declares the natives of the New World to be rational beings with souls who must not be enslaved or robbed.
*
Manco II establishes neo-Inca independent state at Vilacampa,
Peru*
Recife is founded by the Portuguese in
Brazil.
*The Spaniards bring the
potato to Europe
*
Christian III forces introduction of
Lutheran protestantism in
Denmark and
Norway*Dissolution of religious buildings by
Henry VIII, including
**
Bisham Priory,
**
Bridlington Priory,
**
Castle Acre Priory, and
**
Valle Crucis Abbey*
Bisham Abbey founded by Henry VIII in place of Bisham Priory
*
June 28 -
Philip Howard, 20th Earl of Arundel, English nobleman (died
1595)
*
July 20 -
Arnaud d'Ossat, French diplomat and writer (d.
1604)
*
October 12 - King
Edward VI of England (died
1553)
*
October 12 -
Lady Jane Grey, claimant to the throne of England (died
1554)
*
December 5 -
Ashikaga Yoshiaki, Japanese shogun (died
1597)
*
December 23 - King
John III of Sweden (died
1592)
*
Fadrique Alvarez de Toledo, Duke of Alva, Spanish military leader (died
1583)
*
Longqing Emperor,
Emperor of China*
Hieronymus Fabricius, Italian anatomist (died
1619)
*
Shimizu Muneharu, Japanese military commander (died
1582)
*
Jan Krzysztof Tarnowski, Polish noble (died
1567)
* Saint
John AlmondSee also :Category: 1537 births.*
January 6 -
Alessandro de' Medici, Duke of Florence (born
1510)
*January 6 -
Baldassare Peruzzi, Italian architect and painter (b.
1481)
*
February 8 -
Otto von Pack, German conspirator
*
July 7 -
Madeleine de Valois, queen of
James V of Scotland (born
1520)
*
September 4 -
Johann Dietenberger, German theologian
*
October 24 -
Jane Seymour, queen of
Henry VIII of England (complications of childbirth)
*
Lorenzo di Credi, Florentine painter and sculptor (born
1459)
*
Jerome Emiliani, Italian humanitarian and saint (born
1481)
*
Thomas FitzGerald, 10th Earl of Kildare (born
1513)
*
John Kite, Archbishop of Armagh and Bishop of Carlisle
*
Pedro de Mendoza, Spanish conquistador (born
1487)
*
Thomas Murner, German satirist (born
1475)
*
Henry Percy, 6th Earl of Northumberland (born
1502)
See also :Category: 1537 deaths.
