Historical Events In 1541

Jan 06   Bernard van Orley, Flemish royal painter of Hungary, dies at about 52 in the year 1541.  

Feb 12   Santiago, Chile founded (or Feb 24) in the year 1541.  

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

Feb 24   On this day in history santiago, Chile founded by Pedro de Valvidia (or 2/12)  

Mar 18   Hernan de Soto observes 1st recorded flood in America (Mississippi R) in the year 1541.  

Mar 18   Hernan de Soto observes first recorded flood in America (Mississippi River) in the year 1541.  

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

Apr 04   Ignatius of Loyola becomes 1st superior-General of the Jesuits in the year 1541.  

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   -26) Liege flooded after heavy down pour in the year 1541.  

May 08   Hernando de Soto discovers Mississippi River on this day in history.  

May 08   Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto reaches the Mississippi River in what will later be part of the southeastern United States in the year 1541.  

May 27   In the year 1541 margaretha, duchess of Salisbury, beheaded  

Jun 14   Duke Willem van Gulik of Gelre marries Jeanne d'Albret on this day in history.  

Jun 18   On this day in history irish parliament selects Henry VIII as king of Ireland  

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   On this day in history 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 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   In the year 1541 francisco Pizarro, Spanish explorer, murdered in Lima  

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

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

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   The Ottoman Turks capture Buda, the capital of the Hungarian Kingdom on this day in history.  

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

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   Michelangelo Buonarroti's paints "last judgement" in 16th Chapel on this day in history.  

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

Nov 09   In the year 1541 queen Catharine Howard confined in London Tower  

Dec 24   Andreas R Bodenstein von Carlstadt, radical Lutheran, dies at about 61 in the year 1541.  

Dec 29   In the year 1541 isabella of Poland & King Ferdinand of Austria sign Treaty of Gyalu  

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Jan 26   Florent Chrestien, French writer (d. 1596) was born on this day in history.  

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

Apr 08   Michele Mercati, Italian physician (d. 1593) was born in the year 1541.  

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

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

Jan 06   In the year 1541 bernard van Orley, Flemish royal painter of Hungary, dies at about 52  

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

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 in the year 1541.  

Jul 26   On this day in history death of francisco Pizarro, Spanish explorer, murdered in Lima  

Aug 01   In the year 1541 death of simon Grynaeus, German theologian (b. 1493)  

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

Oct 18   On this day in history death of margaret Tudor, Queen of Scotland (b. 1489)