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   Santiago, Chile founded by Pedro de Valvidia (or 2/12) on this day in history.   

Mar 18   On this day in history hernan de Soto observes 1st recorded flood in America (Mississippi R)   

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

Apr 04   Ignatius of Loyola becomes 1st superior-general of Jesuits on this day in history.   

Apr 04   Ignatius of Loyola becomes 1st superior-General of the Jesuits on this day in history.   

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 on this day in history.   

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

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   Margaretha, duchess of Salisbury, beheaded in the year 1541.   

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 in the year 1541.   

Jun 26   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 in the year 1541.   

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   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 in the year 1541.   

Jul 26   In the year 1541 francisco Pizarro, Spanish explorer, murdered in Lima   

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

Aug 23   In the year 1541 french explorer Jacques Cartier lands near Quebec City in his third voyage to Canada.   

Aug 23   In the year 1541 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 in the year 1541.   

Sep 11   Santiago, Chile, is destroyed by indigenous warriors, lead by Michimalonko in the year 1541.   

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

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

Oct 31   On this day in history michelangelo Buonarroti's paints "last judgement" in 16th Chapel   

Nov 09   Menso Alting, Dutch reformed vicar/theologist on this day in history.   

Nov 09   On this day in history queen Catharine Howard confined in London Tower   

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

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

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

Mar 25   Francesco I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (d. 1587) was born in the year 1541.   

Apr 08   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.   

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

May 27   Margaretha, duchess of Salisbury, beheaded died in the year 1541.   

Jun 26   Francisco Pizarro, Spanish conqueror of Peru, assassinated in Lima died on this day in history.   

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

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

Aug 01   On this day in history death of simon Grynaeus, German theologian (b. 1493)   

Sep 23   In the year 1541 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)