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1503, Aug 12 1537-1559 1559, Jan 1
reigned as king of Denmark from 1534 until his death and Norway from 1537 until his death. During his reign, Christian established Lutheranism as the state religion within his realms as part of the Protestant Reformation. After his father's death, in 1533, Christian was proclaimed king at an assembly in Rye, a town in eastern Jutland, in 1534. The Danish State Council (rigsraad), dominated by Roman Catholic bishops and nobles, refused to accept Duke Christian as king and turned to Count Christopher of Oldenburg in order to restore Christian II to the Danish throne. Christian II had supported both the Roman Catholics and Protestant Reformers at various times.
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Pedro de Alvarado 1485 ca 1510 1541 1541, Jul 4 a Spanish conquistador and governor of Guatemala. He participated in the conquest of Cuba, in Jua... Chairachathirat unknown 1534 1546 1546 King of the Ayutthaya kingdom of Siam. His reign was remarkable for the influx of Portuguese trad... King Henry VIII 1491, Jun 28 1509 1547 1547, Jan 28 King of England from 1509 until his death and Supreme Head of the Church of England from 1536 to... Francis I of France 1494, Sep 12 1515 1547 1547, Mar 31 the first King of France from the Angoulême branch of the House of Valois, reigning from 1515 u... Worawongsathirat unknown 1548 1548 1548, Nov 11 a usurper in the Ayutthaya Kingdom, ruling for only 42 days in 1548 before being assassinated. Si... John Hubrechtsz unknown 1530 1549 unknown a sheriff of Amsterdam, later declared a heretic Pedro de Valdivia 1497, Apr 17 1520 1553 1553, Dec 25 a Spanish conquistador and the first royal governor of Chile. After serving with the Spanish army... John Dudley [1] 1504 1537 1553 1553, Aug 22 an English general, admiral, and politician, who led the government of the young King Edward VI f... Edward VI 1537, Oct 12 1547 1553 1553, Jul 6 King of England and Ireland (and Supreme Head of the Church of England) from 28 January 1547 unt... Anne of Cleves 1515, Sep 22 1539 1554 1557, Jul 16 Queen of England from 6 January to 9 July 1540 as the fourth wife of King Henry VIII. The marria... Thomas Wyatt the Younger 1521 1542 1554 1554, Apr 11 a rebel leader during the reign of Mary I of England; his rising is traditionally called "Wyatt's... Lady Jane Grey 1536/37 1553 1554 1554, Feb 12 an English noblewoman and de facto monarch of England and Ireland from 10 July until 19 July 1553... Pedro Mascarenhas 1470 1512 1555 1555, Jun 16 a Portuguese explorer and colonial administrator. He was the first European to discover the islan... HRE Charles V 1500, Feb 24 1506 1556 1558, Sep 21 ruler of both the Spanish Empire from 1516 and the Holy Roman Empire from 1519, as well as of the... Emperor Go-Nara 1495, Jan 26 1526 1557 1557, Sep 27 the 105th Emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession. He reigned from Jun... Isabella Jagiellon 1519, Jan 18 1530 1557 1559, Sep 15 the oldest child of Polish King Sigismund I the Old and his Italian wife Bona Sforza. In 1539, sh... Mary of Hungary 1505, Sep 15 1514 1558 1558, Oct 18 queen consort of Hungary and Bohemia as the wife of King Louis II, and was later Governor of the ... Queen Mary I 1516, Feb 18 1553 1558 1558, Nov 17 the Queen of England and Ireland from July 1553 until her death. Her executions of Protestants le... King Henry II 1519, Mar 31 1547 1559 1559, Jul 10 a monarch of the House of Valois who ruled as King of France from 31 March 1547 until his death i... Robert of Berghes unknown 1557 1563 1564 87th Prince-bishop of Liège (1557–1563). He was forced to resign the see on 30 March 1563, due... HRE Ferdinand I 1503, Mar 10 1521 1564 1564, Jul 25 Holy Roman Emperor from 1558, king of Bohemia and Hungary from 1526, and king of Croatia from 15... Turgut Reis 1485 1500 1565 1565, Jun 23 an Ottoman Greek Admiral and privateer who also served as Bey of Algiers; Beylerbey of the Medite... Miguel Lopez de Legazpi 1502 ca 1528 1565 1572, Aug 20 a Basque Spanish navigator and governor who established the first Spanish settlement in the East ... Chan I unknown 1516 1566 1566 one of the most illustrious Cambodian kings (reigned 1516–66) of the post-Angkor era. He succes... Suleiman I 1494, Nov 6 1520 1566 1566, Sep 7 the tenth and longest-reigning Sultan and Caliph (Sunni Islam) of the Ottoman Empire/Caliphate, ... Pedro de la Gasca 1485, Jun 1542 1567 1567, Nov 13 a Spanish bishop, diplomat and the second (acting) viceroy of Peru, from April 10, 1547 to Januar... Sunan Gunungjati 1448 1479 1568 1568, Sep 19 one of the Wali Songo, or nine saints of Islam revered in Indonesia. He founded the Sultanate of... Lamoral of Egmont 1522, Nov 18 1542 1568 1568, Jun 5 a general and statesman in the Spanish Netherlands just before the start of the Eighty Years' War... Takanobu Matsura 1529 1540 1569 1599, Apr 1 a 16th-century Japanese samurai and 25th hereditary lord of the Matsura clan of Hirado. He was on... Maha Chakkraphat 1509 1548 1569 1569 king of the Ayutthaya kingdom from 1548 to 1564 and 1568 to 1569. Originally called Prince Thianr... Matsura Takanobu 1529 1550 1569 1599, Apr 1 a 16th-century Japanese samurai and 25th hereditary lord of the Matsura clan of Hirado. He was o... Ivan the Terrible 1530, Aug 25 1533 1575 1584, Mar 18 the Grand Prince of Moscow from 1533 to 1547, then "Tsar of All the Russias" until his death in 1... Fernando Alvarez de Toledo 1507, Oct 29 1524 1582 1582, Dec 11 a Spanish noble, general, and diplomat. He was titled the 3rd Duke of Alba de Tormes, 4th Marquis... William the Silent 1533, Apr 24 1555 1584 1584, Jul 10 the main leader of the Dutch revolt against the Spanish Habsburgs that set off the Eighty Years' ... Emperor Ogimachi 1517, Jun 18 1557 1586 1593, Feb 6 the 106th Emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession. He reigned from Oct... Mary Stuart 1542, Dec 8 1558 1587 1587, Feb 8 reigned over Scotland from 14 December 1542 to 24 July 1567. As Mary was an infant when she inher... King Philip II 1527, May 21 1540 1598 1598, Sep 13 King of Spain (1556–98), King of Portugal (1581–98, as Philip I, Filipe I), King of Naples a... Queen Elizabeth I 1533, Sep 7 1558 1603 1603, Mar 24 Queen of England and Ireland (and Supreme Governor of the Church of England ) from 17 November 15... Opchanacanough 1554 ca 1500 1609 1646 a tribal chief of the Powhatan Confederacy of what is now Virginia in the United States, and its ...
