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Marcin Kromer ( 1512- 1589) was a 16th century Prince-Bishop of Warmia, cartographer, and historian in Poland and later in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.

1 Biography

He was born in 1512 the townsfolk family in Biecz . There he finished the church school. In 1528 moved to Kraków Royal Academy which he graduated as a bachelor in 1530.

In 1533- 1537Events January 6 Alessandro de Medici assassinated August 25 The Honourable Artillery Company, the oldest surviving regiment in the British Army, and the second most senior, was formed. Pope Paul III publishes the encyclical Sublimis Deus, which declares he worked in the Royal Chancellary .

In 1537Events January 6 Alessandro de Medici assassinated August 25 The Honourable Artillery Company, the oldest surviving regiment in the British Army, and the second most senior, was formed. Pope Paul III publishes the encyclical Sublimis Deus, which declares- 1539Events May 30 In Florida, Hernando de Soto lands at Tampa Bay with 600 soldiers with the goal to find gold. Hernando de Soto introduced Pigs into North America 6 Articles Statute of English Parliament, important in the English Reformation Births Deaths Ma he studied in ItalyThe Italian Republic or Italy ( Italian: Italia is a country in the south of Europe, consisting mainly of a boot-shaped peninsula together with two large islands in the Mediterranean Sea: Sicily and Sardinia. To the north, where it borders France, Switzer, and returned to Poland in 1540Events January 6 King Henry VIII of England marries Anne of Cleves, his fourth Queen consort. July 9 King Henry VIII of England divorces Anne of Cleves, his fourth Queen consort. July 28 One of the most important political figures of the reign of Henry VI as the doctor of two laws. He then became the secretary of the archbishopIn Christianity, an archbishop is an elevated bishop heading a diocese of particular importance due to either its size, history, or both, called an archdiocese. When a bishop becomes an archbishop, he is not in any sense being ordained nor otherwise recei Piotr Gamrat .

In 1543Events February 11 Battle of Wayna Daga Ethiopian/ Portuguese? troops defeat the armies of Adal and the Ottoman Empire. May Nicolaus Copernicus publishes De revolutionibus orbium coelestium July 12 King Henry VIII of England marries Catherine Parr. It is- 1544Events April 11 Battle of Ceresole French forces under the Comte d'Enghien defeat Imperial forces under the Marques Del Vasto near Turin. May Emperor Charles V again invades eastern France June 19 August 18 Imperial siege of St. Dizier in eastern France J he was the archbishop messenger and representative to Rome.

In 1544 he received the Cracow canony . In 1545 after the death of archbishop Garmat he became the royal secretary of Zygmunt Stary and worked closely with Minor Chancellor Samuel Maciejowski .

In 1551 he received the canony of Warmia. He was interested in culture of that region.

In 1552 he receives a nobleman status ( szlachcic) and coat of arms from the king.

In 1558- 1564 he was the envoy to the emperor.

In 1570 he replaced Stanislaw Hozjusz as the coadiutor of Warmia bishopian diocesy.

In 1579 he became a bishop of Warmia bishopian diocesy.

He died in on 23 march 1589 in Lidzbark .



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