1531
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| Centuries: | 15th century - 16th century - 17th century |
| Decades: | 1500s 1510s 1520s - 1530s - 1540s 1550s 1560s |
| Years: | 1528 1529 1530 - 1531 - 1532 1533 1534 |
| 1531 in topic: |
| Subjects: Archaeology - Architecture - |
| Art - Literature - Music - Science |
| Leaders: State leaders - Colonial governors |
| Category: Establishments - Disestablishments |
| Births - Deaths - Works |
Year 1531 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
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[edit] Events of 1531
[edit] January - June
- January 26 - Lisbon, Portugal is hit by an earthquake in which thousands die.
- February 27 - Lutheran princes in the Holy Roman Empire form a defensive alliance known as the Schmalkaldic League.
- February (or March) - Battle of Antukyah: Ahmad ibn Ibrihim al-Ghazi of Adal defeats the Ethiopian army.
- February 11 - Henry VIII of England is recognised as supreme head of the Church of England.
- April - Battle of Puná: Francisco Pizarro defeats the island's native inhabitants.
- April 16 - The city of Puebla, Mexico is founded.
- June 24 - The city of San Juan del Río, Mexico is founded.
[edit] July - December
- July 25 - The city of Santiago de Querétaro, Mexico is founded.
- September 22 - Battle of Obertyn: The Moldavians are defeated by Polish forces under Jan Amor Tarnowski, allowing the Polish Crown to retrieve Pokucie.
- October 11 - Battle of Kappel: The forces of Zürich are defeated by the Catholic cantons. Huldrych Zwingli, the Swiss religious reformer, is killed.
- October 28 - Battle of Amba Sel: Imam Ahmad ibn Ibrihim al-Ghazi again defeats the army of Lebna Dengel, Emperor of Ethiopia. The southern part of Ethiopia thus falls under Imam Ahmad's control.
- December 12 - The Virgin Mary, in the guise of Our Lady of Guadalupe, appears to Juan Diego Cuauhtlatoatzin, an Aztec convert to Catholicism.
[edit] Undated
- Andrea Alciato publishes the first part of his Emblemata.
- The Comet Halley appears.
- Conquistador Francisco de Montejo claims Chichen Itza as capital of Spanish ruled Yucatán.
- The University of Sarajevo is founded by Gazi Husrev-beg.
- Kõpu lighthouse is completed.
- An enormous drought in Henan province of China during the Ming Dynasty is coupled with the disaster of a gigantic swarm of locusts in the summer, forcing many in destitute agricultural communities to turn to cannibalism instead of dying off by starvation.
- Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor abolishes the worst abuses of the encomienda system by pressure of Bartolome de Las Casas.
[edit] Births
| Gregorian calendar | 1531 MDXXXI |
| Ab urbe condita | 2284 |
| Armenian calendar | 980 ԹՎ ՋՁ |
| Bahá'í calendar | -313 – -312 |
| Berber calendar | 2481 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2075 |
| Burmese calendar | 893 |
| Chinese calendar | 4167/4227-12-13 (庚寅年十二月十三日) — to —
4168/4228-11-23(辛卯年十一月廿三日) |
| Coptic calendar | 1247 – 1248 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1523 – 1524 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5291 – 5292 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1586 – 1587 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1453 – 1454 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4632 – 4633 |
| Holocene calendar | 11531 |
| Iranian calendar | 909 – 910 |
| Islamic calendar | 937 – 938 |
| Japanese calendar | Kyōroku 4 (享禄4年) |
| - Imperial Year | Kōki 2191 (皇紀2191年) |
| Korean calendar | 3864 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2074 |
- September - Henry Stanley, 4th Earl of Derby (d. 1594)
- October 12 - Jacques de Savoie, 2nd Duc de Nemours (d. 1585)
- 14 November - Richard Topcliffe, notorious English torturer and sadist (d. 1604)
- November 18 - Roberto di Ridolfi, Italian conspirator against Elizabeth I (d. 1612)
- date unknown
- Henry, Count of Bréderode (d. 1568)
- Akiyama Nobutomo, Japanese nobleman (d. 1575)
- John Popham, Lord Chief Justice of England (d. 1607)
- António, Prior of Crato, claimant to the throne of Portugal (d. 1595)
- See also Category: 1531 births.
[edit] Deaths
- January 21 - Andrea del Sarto, Italian painter (b. 1487)
- February 16 - Johannes Stöffler, German mathematician (b. 1452)
- March 6 - Pedrarias Dávila, Spanish colonial administrator (b. c. 1440)
- May 19 - Jan Łaski, Polish statesman and diplomat (b. 1456)
- July 7 - Tilman Riemenschneider, German sculptor (b. 1460)
- July 17 - Hosokawa Takakuni, Japanese military commander (b. 1484)
- July 23 - Louis de Brézé, seigneur d'Anet, Marshal of Normandy and husband of Diane de Poitiers
- October 10 - Huldrych Zwingli, Swiss reformer (in battle) (b. 1484)
- September 22 - Louise of Savoy, mother of Francis I of France (b. 1476)
- November 24 - Johannes Oecolampadius, German religious reformer (b. 1482)
- date unknown
- Vallabhacharya, founder of the Hindu Vallabha sect (b. 1479)
- probable
- Fernan Perez de Oliva, Spanish man of letters (b. 1492)
- See also Category: 1531 deaths.af:1531
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