Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk
© National Portrait Gallery, London
Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk
after Unknown artist
woodcut, mid 16th century
262
Acquired, 1955
Reference Collection
NPG D8762
Sitterback to top
- Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk (1473-1554), Politician and uncle of Anne Boleyn and Catherine Howard. Sitter associated with 13 portraits.
Linked displays and exhibitionsback to top
- Making History: Printed Portraiture in Tudor and Stuart Britain (7 July 2007 - 9 December 2007)
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Current affairs
The Lord Chancellor, Cardinal Thomas Wolsey is arrested for treason after failing to secure the annulment of Henry VIII's marriage to Catherine of Aragon. He dies at Leicester Abbey on his way from York to the Tower of London.Thomas Cromwell becomes a member of the King's Council.
Art and science
The Frisian mathematician and cartographer Gemma Frisius publishes De Principiis Astronomiae Cosmographicae (On the Principles of Astronomy and Cosmography). It features the first description of how longitude could be determined by means of time difference.International
The Holy Roman Emperor Charles V is formally crowned by Pope Clement VII and invested with the Kingdom of Naples.The Augsburg Confession is presented to Charles V. Written by the German theologian Philip Melanchthon, this statement of Protestant belief is one of the principal documents of the reformation.
The Florentine Republic is defeated by the forces of the Holy Roman Empire and the Medici family restored to power.
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