This page relates to the year 1537 Calendrier Julien.
Events
Africa
- Empire Songhaï: Mohammed Bandan is deposited by Ismaïl, a son of Mohammed Touré. Ismaïl, then his/her brother Ishak, endeavor to restore the calm one in the empire devastated by the interior disorders (end in 1549).
Americas
- papal Bubble prohibiting any apostate from leaving for the Western Indies.
Asia
Europe
- January 1st: Madeleine, girl of king de France, marries with Paris the king Jacques V of Scotland. She dies six months later.
- January 6th: Assassination of Alexandre de Médicis, known as Alexandre the Moor , large-duke of Tuscany. Cosme Ier of Tuscany reign on Florence and the Tuscan (fine in 1574).
- February 3rd: Execution of Silken Thomas, chief of the Irish rebellion, and his/her five uncles in London.
- May 29th: publication of the pontifical Bubble Sublimus Dei condemning the Slavery.
- August 25th - September 7th: Sit of Corfou by the Othoman ; after 3 weeks, they must be withdrawn. The fleet of Khayr AD-DIN Barberousse seizes ports and of islands belonging Venice has (Nauplie, Malvoisie, Skiros, Patmos, Egine, Ios, Paros, Astipalea, etc).
- the Bohemia and the royal Hungary obtain the limitation of the aulic competence of the council to the only hereditary countries and the Reich.
- the emperor Charles Quint authorizes officially the new Christians of Spain and the Portugal to be settled with Antwerp provided with the full rights.
- popular Riots against the Conversos with the Portugal.
- Foundation of Mancha Real, in the steppe of Jaen, in Andalusia.
- Intervention of the Turks with Otranto.
- Riots of the Gabelle in Guyenne and Angoumois.
Scandinavia
- April: End of military resistance in Norway vis-a-vis the Danes. The archbishop of Nidarós, Olaf Engelbriktsson, flees towards the Netherlands ( April).
- September 2nd: Setting-up of a Kirkenordinanz ( Ordinatio ecclesiastica ) with the Denmark on the instigation of Christiern Pedersen.
- Gustav Vasa is combined with the Norway to overcome the German city of Lübeck, which makes economically Sweden independent of the Hanseatic League.
Arts & cultures
- Ignace de Loyola (1491-1556) founds the Society of Jesus. He places himself under the orders of the pope.
- Creation of the University of Lausanne.
- the university of Lisbon is definitively installed with Coimbra, after multiple removals.
- Articles of Smalkalde , where Luther defines its positions.
- the Pronostication of pronostications, not only of this present year MDXXXVII, but also of the others to even come from all those which passed, which is a diatribe against the almanacs and their forecasts of Bonaventure Of Périers.
- Cymbalum mundi (“the chime of the world”), anonymous lampoon allotted to Bonaventure Of Périers, burned by stop of the Parliament of Paris as delivers impious.
- Gustav Vasa makes build the strong castle of Gripsholm, on the edges of the Lac Mälar where it establishes its main home.
- Books of architecture , Sebastiano Serlio.
- the Titien undertakes the portraits of the Twelve Césars , intended for the Room of the palate of Frederic II.
Sciences and technology
Economy & company
Births in 1537
- October: Lady Jeanne Grey, future Queen of England
- October 12th: Edouard VI, future king d' Angleterre
Death in 1537
- January 6th: Alexandre de Médicis, known as Alexandre the Moor , large-duke of Tuscany. (° July 22nd 1510).
- July 2nd: Madeleine de France, niece of Louis XII and sister of Charles of Orleans (the third wire of François 1st), wife of the Scottish sovereign Jacques Stuart, of phthisis in Scotland.
- September 24th: Jean Ruel, Doctor and Botanist French (° towards 1479).
- October 12th: Jane Seymour dies in layer with the birth of the future Edouard VI of England.
- Jacques Lefèvre d' Étaples, with Nérac, theologist and humanistic (born v. 1450).
- Gil Vicente Portuguese playwright (1465-1537), author of religious parts ( Car da Fe ), of tragi-comedies ( Amadis de Gaula ), of comedies and jokes.
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