1541
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| Years: 1538 1539 1540 - 1541 - 1542 1543 1544 |
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| Decades: 1510s 1520s 1530s - 1540s - 1550s 1560s 1570s |
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| Centuries: 15th century - 16th century - 17th century |
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| Gregorian calendar | 1541 MDXLI |
| Ab urbe condita | 2294 |
| Armenian calendar | 990 ԹՎ ՋՂ |
| Chinese calendar | 4177/4237-12-5 (庚子年十二月初五日) — to —
4178/4238-12-15(辛丑年十二月十五日) |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1533 – 1534 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5301 – 5302 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1596 – 1597 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1463 – 1464 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4642 – 4643 |
| Iranian calendar | 919 – 920 |
| Islamic calendar | 948 – 949 |
| Japanese calendar | Tenbun 10 (天文10年) |
| - Imperial Year | Kōki 2201 (皇紀2201年) |
| - Jōmon Era | 11541 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2084 |
[edit] Events
- The first official translation of the entire Bible in Swedish
- February 12 - Pedro de Valdivia founds Santiago de Chile.
- April 7 - Francis Xavier leaves Lisbon on a mission to the Portuguese East Indies.
- April 24 - The Battle of Sahart was fought between the army of Ethiopian Emperor and forces of Imam Ahmad Gragn.
- May 8 - Hernando de Soto reaches the Mississippi River naming it Rio de Espiritu Santo.
- May 23 - Jacques Cartier departs Saint-Malo France on his third voyage.
- July 9 - Estevão da Gama departs Massawa, leaving behind 400 matchlockmen and 150 slaves under his brother Christovão da Gama, with orders to assist the Emperor of Ethiopia defeat Ahmad ibn Ibrihim al-Ghazi who has invaded his Empire.
- August 29 - The Janissaries of Suleiman the Magnificent take Buda by ruse, hiding themselves as tourists.
- Ottoman Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent seals off The Golden Gate in Jerusalem.
- The Parliament of Ireland declares Henry VIII of England King of Ireland replacing the Lordship of Ireland with the Kingdom of Ireland.
- October - The unsuccessful Algerian campaign of Charles V of Spain Habsburg.
- Iceland adopts the Lutheran faith
[edit] Births
- January 26 - Florent Chrestien, French writer (d. 1596)
- March 25 - Francesco I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (died 1587)
- April 8 - Michele Mercati, Italian physician and gardener (died 1593)
- Pierre Charron, French philosopher (died 1603)
- Walter Devereux, 1st Earl of Essex, English nobleman (died 1576)
- El Greco, or Domênikos Theotokópoulos (Greek: Δομήνικος Θεοτοκόπουλος), Cretian painter, sculptor and architect (died 1614)
- Hatano Hideharu, Japanese samurai (died 1579)
- Mizuno Tadashige, Japanese nobleman (died 1600)
- Guðbrandur Þorláksson, mathematician (died 1627)
- Hattori Hanzō, Ninja who served under Tokugawa Ieyasu (died 1596)
[edit] Deaths
- May 27 - Margaret Pole, 8th Countess of Salisbury (executed) (born 1473)
- June 26 - Francisco Pizarro, Spanish conquistador (born c[[born c1475]])
- July 4 - Pedro de Alvarado, Spanish conquistador (born 1495)
- August 1 - Simon Grynaeus, German scholar and theologian (born 1493)
- September 24 - Paracelsus, Swiss alchemist (b. 1493)
- November 24 - Margaret Tudor, queen of James IV of Scotland (born 1489)
- Francisco Alvarez, Portuguese missionary and explorer (born 1465)
- Wolfgang Fabricius Capito, German reformer (born 1478)
- Jean Clouet, French miniature painter
- Thomas Culpeper, English courtier
- Giovanni Guidiccioni, Italian poet (born 1480)
- Andreas Karlstadt, Christian theologian and reformer (born 1486)
- Gendun Gyatso, 2nd Dalai Lama (born 1474)
- Jerzy Radziwill, Polish nobleman (born 1480)
- Amago Tsunehisa, Japanese warlord
- Juan de Valdés, Spanish religious writer (born 1500)
See also Category: 1541 deaths.
