The Year Is 1547

Our furthest journey so far to 1547, a year filled with Henry VIII's extraordinary appetite and suspicious good looks, a young King Edward VI outlaws boiling people alive, the questionable parenting skills of both Ivan The Terrible and Francis I of France, also Magnus Pegel is born, the first person to write about blood transfusions and we learn how Bobby and Red first met.What obscure or significant events did we miss from 1547? Let us know your favourite historical facts from that year, or if have any suggestions for other years for us to do an episode on send us an email to [email protected] us on Instagram, Twitter and other social media channels on @theyearispod Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.