Deaths on August 17

Katharina von Zimmern

Died on August 17, 1547

Katharina von Zimmern, Swiss sovereign abbess (b. 1478)

Katharina von Zimmern (1478 – 17 August 1547), also known as the imperial abbess of Zürich and Katharina von Reischach, was the last abbess of the Fraumünster Abbey in Zürich.

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8 Jan

Catechism of Martynas Mažvydas
The first Lithuanian-language book, Simple Words of Catechism, is published in Königsberg.
28 Jan

Edward VI of England
Henry VIII dies. His nine-year-old son, Edward VI, becomes king.