Events from the year
1507
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Year 1507 ( MDVII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
January–June
* April 25 – Martin Waldseemüller publishes his ''Cosmographiae Introductio'' ("Int ...
in
England.
Incumbents
*
Monarch –
Henry VII
*
Lord Chancellor –
William Warham
*
Lord Privy Seal
The Lord Privy Seal (or, more formally, the Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal) is the fifth of the Great Officers of State (United Kingdom), Great Officers of State in the United Kingdom, ranking beneath the Lord President of the Council and abov ...
–
Richard Foxe
*
Secretary of State –
Thomas Ruthall
Thomas Ruthall (also spelled Ruthal, Rowthel or Rowthall; died 4 February 1523) was an English churchman, administrator and diplomat. He was a leading councillor of Henry VIII of England.
Education and early career
He was born at Cirencester. He ...
Events
*21 December – Henry VII arranges a marriage between his younger daughter,
Mary Tudor and Habsburg
Archduke Charles.
Date unknown
*
Thomas More leaves England to study on
the Continent
Continental Europe or mainland Europe is the contiguous continent of Europe, excluding its surrounding islands. It can also be referred to ambiguously as the European continent, – which can conversely mean the whole of Europe – and, by ...
having made enemies amongst Henry VII's senior advisors.
Births
*
Ralph Sadler, statesman (died
1587
Events
January–June
* February 1 – Queen Elizabeth I of England signs the death warrant of her cousin Mary, Queen of Scots, after Mary has been implicated in a plot to murder Elizabeth. Seven days later, on the orders of E ...
)
*
Thomas Gale
Thomas Gale (1635/1636?7 or 8 April 1702) was an English classical scholar, antiquarian and cleric.
Life
Gale was born at Scruton, Yorkshire. He was educated at Westminster School and Trinity College, Cambridge, of which he became a fellow. ...
, surgeon (died
1586
Events
* January 18 – The 7.9 Tenshō earthquake strikes the Chubu region of Japan, triggering a tsunami and causing at least 8,000 deaths.
* June 16 – The deposed and imprisoned Mary, Queen of Scots, recognizes Philip II of ...
)
*
Nicholas Arnold, courtier (died
1580
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Events
January–June
* January 31 – Portuguese succession crisis of 1580: The death of Henry, King of Portugal, with no direct heirs, leads to conflict between his potential successors, including King Philip II of ...
)
*
Henry Radclyffe, 2nd Earl of Sussex, nobleman (died
1557
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Year 1557 (Roman numerals, MDLVII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
January–June
* March – The Takeda clan Siege of Katsurayama, besiege Kat ...
)
Deaths
*24 August –
Cecily of York, princess (born
1469
Year 1469 ( MCDLXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
January–December
* February 4 – Battle of Qarabagh: Uzun Hasan decisively defeats the Timurids of ...
)
* 27 August –
Elizabeth Somerset, Baroness Herbert, heiress (born
1476
Year 1476 ( MCDLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
January–December
* March 1 – Battle of Toro (War of the Castilian Succession): Although militarily ...
)
* 3 September –
Thomas Savage, bishop and diplomat (born
1449
Year 1449 (Roman numerals, MCDXLIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
January–December
* January 6 – Constantine XI Palaiologos is crowned Byzantine Emp ...
)
References
{{England year nav
Years of the 16th century in England