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Tuesday, 17 February 2026
Jan 19 Francis II de Valois-Angouleme, king of France (1559-60). 
Jan 30 Adrian van Goes is recorded as becoming land advocate of Holland
Mar 11 Torquato Tasso, Italy, Renaissance poet (Aminta, Apologia)
Apr 14 Battle at Carignano: French troops under Earl d'Enghien beat Swiss.
Apr 30 Thomas Audley, 1st Baron Audley of Walden, Lord Chancellor of England
May 01 Turkish troops occupy Hungary
May 17 Scot earl Matthew van Lennox signs secret treaty with Henry VIII
May 17 Scottish Earl Matthew van Lennox signs secret treaty with Henry VIII
May 23 German emperor Charles V recognizes king Christian III of Denmark.
May 24 William Gilbert, Essex England, physicist (researcher into magnetism)
May 29 Jacobus Latomus [Jasques Masson], Belgian inquisitor, dies at about 68
Jul 14 English troops attack The Canal.
Jul 18 René van Chalon, viceroy of Holland, dies in battle at 25.
Jul 19 Italian War of 1542: The Siege of Boulogne began.
Jul 21 René of Chalon [Renatus of Nassau], prince of Orange, slain in battle
Aug 17 Imperial/English armies occupy Saint-Dizier France.
Aug 28 Alardus Aemstelredamus, priest/humanist, dies at about 53
Sep 18 Charles V of Germany and Francis I of France sign Peace of Crepy
Sep 30 King Henry VIII draws his armies out of France.
Nov 10 Antwerps painter John Matsys banished.
Nov 19 Pope Paul III opens council of Trente
Nov 27 Ascanio Trombeti, composer.
Dec 23 Anna, duchess of Saxson/wife of prince Willem of Orange (1561-71)
