1546

Years: 1543 1544 1545 - 1546 - 1547 1548 1549
Decades: 1510s 1520s 1530s - 1540s - 1550s 1560s 1570s
Centuries: 15th century - 16th century - 17th century

Events

* January 27 - Joachim Friedrich, Elector of Brandenburg (died 1608)
* May 5 - Thomas Cecil, 1st Earl of Exeter, English politician (died 1623)
* June 24 - Robert Parsons, English Jesuit priest (died 1610)
* July 4 - Murat III, Ottoman Sultan (died 1595)
* December 14 - Tycho Brahe, Danish astronomer (died 1601)
* François d'Aguilon, Belgian mathematician and physicist (died 1617)
* William Barclay, Scottish jurist (died 1608)
* Luca Bati, Italian Baroque composer (died 1608)
* Philippe Desportes, French poet (died 1606)
* Thomas Digges, English astronomer (died 1595)
* Lodewijk Elzevir, Dutch printer (died 1617)
* Takeda Katsuyori, Japanese nobleman (died 1582)
* Tobias Matthew, archbishop of York (died 1628)
* Mikolaj VII Radziwill, Polish magnate (died 1565)
* Gasparo Tagliacozzi, Italian surgeon and anatomist (died 1599)

See also :Category: 1546 births.

* January 21 - Azai Sukemasa, Japanese samurai and warlord (born 1491)
* February 18 - Martin Luther, German religious reformer (born 1483)
* March 1 - George Wishart, Scottish religious reformer (martyred) (born 1513)
* March 26 - Thomas Elyot, English diplomat and scholar
* May 29 - David Beaton, Scottish Catholic cardinal
* July 16 - Anne Askew, English protestant (burned at the stake) (born 1521)
* August 1 - Peter Faber, French Jesuit theologian (born 1506)
* August 3 - Étienne Dolet, French scholar and printer (born 1509)
*August 3 - Antonio da Sangallo the Younger, Italian architect (born 1484)
* November 1 - Giulio Romano, Italian painter (born 1499)
* Gaudenzio Ferrari, Italian painter and sculptor
* Philipp von Hutten, German knight (born 1511)
* Khair ad Din "Barbarossa", corsair ruler of Algiers (born 1475)
* Friedrich Myconius, German Lutheran theologian (born 1491)
* Francisco de Vitoria, Renaissance theologian (born 1492)

See also :Category: 1546 deaths.