Rulers:
• Alfonso d’Avalos d’Aquino, Governor of the Duchy of Milan (1538-1546)
• Carlos I, King of Spain (1516-1556)
• Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor (1519-1558)
• Cosimo I de’ Medici, Duke of Florence (1537-1569)
• François I, King of France (1515-1547)
• Henry VIII, King of England (1509-1547)
• Henry VIII, King of Ireland (1542-1547)
• John Frederick I, Elector of Saxony (1532-1547)
• Mary I, Queen of Scotland (1542-1567)
• Paulus III (Alessandro Farnese), Pope (1534-1549)
Births:
• Medici, Giovanni di Cosimo I de’ (1543-1562)
Deaths:
• Boleyn, Mary (c.1500-1543)
• Holbein, Hans the Younger (c.1497-1543)
• Salviati, Maria (1499-1543)
Art:
• Bronzino (1503-1572): Eleonora di Toledo (1543)
• Bronzino (1503-1572): Ritratto di Bia de’ Medici (c.1542-45)
• Bronzino (1503-1572): Testa di donna inclinata (c.1543)
• Cellini, Benvenuto (1500-1571): La nymphe de Fontainebleau (1542-43)
• Cellini, Benvenuto (1500-1571): Saliera (1540-43)
• Holbein, Hans the Younger (c.1497-1543): Self-Portrait (1542-43)
• Tiziano (c.1488-1576): Ecce Homo (1543)
• Tiziano (c.1488-1576): Incoronazione di spine (1540-43)
• Tiziano (c.1488-1576): Ritratto di papa Paolo III a capo scoperto (c.1543)