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Year '1533' was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

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Events of 1533

January - June

July - December

Undated

Births

Deaths

Events of 1533

January - June

★ January 25 - King Henry VIII of England marries Anne Boleyn, his second Queen consort.

★ March 30 - Thomas Cranmer becomes Archbishop of Canterbury under false pretenses.

★ April 9 - Troops of Ahmad ibn Ibrahim sack the monastic complex of Lalibela in Abyssinia.

★ May 23 - King Henry VIII of England's marriage with Catherine of Aragon officially declared annulled by Henry's lackey, Thomas Cranmer. Catherine refuses to accept and continues to believe herself the wife of Henry till her death.


★ June 1 - Henry VIII of England's new wife, Anne Boleyn, is crowned as queen.

July - December

★ July 11 - Henry VIII is excommunicated by Pope Clement VII.

★ November 15 - Francisco Pizarro arrives in Cuzco, Peru.

Undated

★ Russia, Ivan IV succeeds his father Vasili III as Grand Prince of Muscovy at 3 years old.

★ Peru, Inca Atahualpa pays Francisco Pizarro ransom of approx. $100 million in gold; Pizarro executes him anyway.

★ Peace treaty divides Hungary between Suleiman I and King Ferdinand.

★ Pechenga Monastery is founded in the Far North of Russia.

Births

★ February 9 - Shimazu Yoshihisa, Japanese samurai (died 1611)

★ February 28 - Michel de Montaigne, French essayist (died 1592)

★ April 8 - Claudio Merulo, Italian composer and organist (died 1604)

★ April 24 - William I of Orange (died 1584)

★ August 2 - Theodor Zwinger, Swiss scholar (died 1588)

★ August 7 - Alonso de Ercilla y Zúñiga, Basque soldier and poet (d. 1595)

★ September 7 - Queen Elizabeth I of England (died 1603)

★ December 13 - King Eric XIV of Sweden (died 1577)

★ December 27 - Stefan Batory, King of Poland (died 1586)

★ ''date unknown''

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★ Eknath, Marathi saint (died 1599)

★ ''probable''

★
★ Amina, Queen of Zazzua (died 1610)

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★ David Rizzio, Italian secretary of Mary I of Scotland (died 1566)
: ''See also .''

Deaths

★ April 10 - King Frederick I of Denmark (born 1471)

★ April 28 - Nicholas West, English bishop and diplomat (b. 1461)

★ June 25 - Mary Tudor, queen of Louis XII of France (born 1496)

★ July 4 - John Frith, English Protestant priest and martyr (born 1503)

★ July 6 - Ludovico Ariosto, Italian poet (born 1474)

★ August 8 - Lucas van Leyden, Dutch artist (born 1494)

★ August 29 - Atahualpa, last Inca ruler of Peru (executed) (born c1502)

★ September 20 - Veit Stoss, German sculptor (born c1447)

★ December 3 - Grand Prince Vasili III of Muscovy (born 1479)

★ ''date unknown''

★
★ Fortún Ximénez, Spanish sailor and mutineer

★ ''probable''

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★ Girolamo del Pacchia, Italian painter (born 1477)
: ''See also .''