1542

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Years: 1539 1540 1541 - 1542 - 1543 1544 1545

Decades: 1510s 1520s 1530s - 1540s - 1550s 1560s 1570s

Centuries: 15th century - 16th century - 17th century

1542 by topic

Arts and science

Architecture - Art - Music - Science

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Colonial governors - State leaders

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Births - Deaths

Establishments and disestablishments categories

Establishments - Disestablishments

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Works

1542 in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	1542 MDXLII
Ab urbe condita	2295
Armenian calendar	991 ԹՎ ՋՂԱ
Chinese calendar	4178/4238-12-16 (辛丑年十二月十六日) — to — 4179/4239-11-25 (壬寅年十一月廿五日)
Ethiopian calendar	1534 – 1535
Hebrew calendar	5302 – 5303
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	1597 – 1598
- Shaka Samvat	1464 – 1465
- Kali Yuga	4643 – 4644
Iranian calendar	920 – 921
Islamic calendar	949 – 950
Japanese calendar	Tenbun 11 (天文11年)
- Imperial Year	Kōki 2202 (皇紀2202年)
- Jōmon Era	11542
Thai solar calendar	2085

[edit] Events

• War resumes between Francis I of France and Emperor Charles V. This time Henry VIII of England is allied to the Emperor, while James V of Scotland and Sultan Suleiman I are allied to the French.
• February 2 - Portuguese under Christovão da Gama capture a Moslem-occupied hillfort in northern Ethiopia in the Battle of Baçente.
• February 13 - Catherine Howard, the fifth wife of Henry VIII of England, is executed for adultery.
• April 4 - 16 The Portuguese under Christovão da Gama encounter the army of Imam Ahmad Gragn in the Battle of Jarte, and inflict upon the Imam two successive defeats.
• August - Battle of the Hill of the Jews: During the rainy season, Christovão da Gama captures a strategic position and many badly-needed horses.
• August 28 - Reinforced with at least 600 arquebusiers and cavalry, Imam Ahmad Gragn attacks the Portuguese camp in the Battle of Wofla. The Portuguese are scattered, Christovão da Gama captured and executed.
• September 28 - Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo landed in what is now San Diego Bay and named it "San Miguel", which will later become San Diego
• November 25 - Battle of Solway Moss. An English army invades Scotland and defeats a scottish army.
• December 14 - Princess Mary Stuart becomes Queen Mary I of Scotland.
• The first contact of Japan with the West occurs when a Portuguese ship, blown off its course to China, lands in Japan.

[edit] Births

• June 6 - Richard Grenville, Elizabethan soldier and explorer (died 1591)
• June 24 - St. John of the Cross, Spanish Carmelite friar and poet (died 1591)
• October 4 - Robert Bellarmine, Italian saint (d. 1621)
• October 15 - Akbar, Jellaladin Mahommed, Mughal Emperor (died 1605)
• December 8 - Queen Mary I of Scotland (died 1587)
• Toda Kazuaki, samurai in the service of Tokugawa Ieyasu (died 1604)
• Anthony Shirley, English traveller (died 1635)
• John Speed, historian (died 1629)
• Horio Yoshiharu, Japanese daimyo (died 1611)
• Kuki Yoshitaka, Japanese naval commander (died 1600)
• Jan Zamoyski, Polish nobleman (died 1605)

See also Category: 1542 births.

[edit] Deaths

• February 1 - Girolamo Aleandro, Italian cardinal (born 1480)
• February 13 - Catherine Howard, fifth wife of Henry VIII of England (executed) (born c1522)
• May 21 - Hernando de Soto, Spanish explorer, navigator and conquistador (born c1500)
• June 19 - Leo Jud, Swiss reformer (born 1482)
• August 24 - Gasparo Contarini, Italian diplomat and cardinal (born 1483)
• August 29 - Cristovão da Gama, Portuguese soldier (born c.1516)
• October 6 - Thomas Wyatt, English poet and diplomat (born 1503)
• December 14 - King James V of Scotland (born 1512)
• Juan Boscán Almogáver, Spanish poet (born c1490)
• Dosso Dossi, Italian painter (born 1490)
• Nikolaus Federmann, German adventurer in Venezuela and Colombia (born 1501)
• Lucas Fernández, Spanish dramatist and musician (born c1474)
• Arthur Plantagenet, 1st Viscount Lisle, illegitimate son of King Edward IV of England
• Cristóbal de Olid, Spanish adventurer (born 1492)
• Lapu-Lapu, Filipino warrior (born 1491)

See also Category: 1542 deaths.