Historical Events In 1541

Jan 06   Bernard van Orley, Flemish royal painter of Hungary, dies at about 52 on this day in history.  

Feb 12   Santiago, Chile founded (or Feb 24) on this day in history.  

Feb 24   Santiago, Chile founded by Pedro de Valvidia on this day in history.  

Feb 24   In the year 1541 santiago, Chile founded by Pedro de Valvidia (or 2/12)  

Mar 18   Hernan de Soto observes 1st recorded flood in America (Mississippi R) on this day in history.  

Mar 18   Hernan de Soto observes first recorded flood in America (Mississippi River) on this day in history.  

Apr 04   In the year 1541 ignatius of Loyola becomes 1st superior-general of Jesuits  

Apr 04   On this day in history ignatius of Loyola becomes 1st superior-General of the Jesuits  

Apr 04   Ignatius of Loyola becomes first superior-general of the Jesuits on this day in history.  

Apr 07   Francis Xavier leaves Lisbon on a mission to the Portuguese East Indies in the year 1541.  

Apr 25   In the year 1541 -26) Liege flooded after heavy down pour  

May 08   In the year 1541 hernando de Soto discovers Mississippi River  

May 08   On this day in history spanish explorer Hernando de Soto reaches the Mississippi River in what will later be part of the southeastern United States  

May 27   On this day in history margaretha, duchess of Salisbury, beheaded  

Jun 14   In the year 1541 duke Willem van Gulik of Gelre marries Jeanne d'Albret  

Jun 18   Irish parliament selects Henry VIII as king of Ireland on this day in history.  

Jun 26   In the year 1541 francisco Pizarro is assassinated in Lima by the son of his former companion and later antagonist, Diego Almagro the younger. Almagro is later caught and executed.  

Jun 26   In the year 1541 francisco Pizarro, Spanish conqueror of Peru, assassinated in Lima  

Jul 04   In the year 1541 pedro de Alvarado, Spanish occupier, dies at about 56  

Jul 09   In the year 1541 estevão da Gama departs Massawa, leaving behind 400 matchlock men and 150 slaves under his brother Christovão da Gama, with orders to help the Emperor of Ethiopia defeat Ahmad ibn Ibrihim al-Ghazi who has invaded his Empire.  

Jul 26   Francisco Pizarro, Spanish explorer, murdered in Lima on this day in history.  

Aug 18   On this day in history a Portuguese ship drifts ashore in the ancient Japanese province of Higo (modern day Kumamoto Prefecture). (Traditional Japanese date: July 27, 1541)  

Aug 23   On this day in history french explorer Jacques Cartier lands near Quebec City in his third voyage to Canada.  

Aug 23   On this day in history jacques Cartier 1491-1557 arrives at Iroquois village of Stadacona on his third trip to Canada; starts to build Charlesbourg-Royale at western tip of Cape Diamond; first French fort in Canada; first French settlement in America.  

Aug 26   Turkish sultan Suleiman occupies Buda/annexes Hungary on this day in history.  

Aug 29   On this day in history the Ottoman Turks capture Buda, the capital of the Hungarian Kingdom.  

Sep 11   Santiago, Chile, is destroyed by indigenous warriors, lead by Michimalonko on this day in history.  

Sep 23   Philippus A Paracelsus, Swiss physician/alchemist, dies at 47 in the year 1541.  

Oct 31   On this day in history hendrik van Kinschot, Dutch lawyer  

Oct 31   In the year 1541 michelangelo Buonarroti's paints "last judgement" in 16th Chapel  

Nov 09   In the year 1541 menso Alting, Dutch reformed vicar/theologist  

Nov 09   Queen Catharine Howard confined in London Tower in the year 1541.  

Dec 24   Andreas R Bodenstein von Carlstadt, radical Lutheran, dies at about 61 on this day in history.  

Dec 29   Isabella of Poland & King Ferdinand of Austria sign Treaty of Gyalu in the year 1541.  

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Jan 26   In the year 1541 birth of florent Chrestien, French writer (d. 1596)  

Mar 25   In the year 1541 birth of francesco I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (d. 1587)  

Apr 08   In the year 1541 birth of michele Mercati, Italian physician (d. 1593)  

Oct 31   On this day in history birth of hendrik van Kinschot, Dutch lawyer  

Nov 09   Menso Alting, Dutch reformed vicar/theologist was born in the year 1541.  

Jan 06   On this day in history bernard van Orley, Flemish royal painter of Hungary, dies at about 52  

May 27   Margaretha, duchess of Salisbury, beheaded died on this day in history.  

Jun 26   On this day in history death of francisco Pizarro, Spanish conqueror of Peru, assassinated in Lima  

Jul 04   Pedro de Alvarado, Spanish occupier, dies at about 56 on this day in history.  

Jul 26   Francisco Pizarro, Spanish explorer, murdered in Lima died in the year 1541.  

Aug 01   Simon Grynaeus, German theologian (b. 1493) died in the year 1541.  

Sep 23   On this day in history philippus A Paracelsus, Swiss physician/alchemist, dies at 47  

Oct 18   Margaret Tudor, Queen of Scotland (b. 1489) died on this day in history.