Year '1531' was a
common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the
Julian calendar.
Events of 1531
January - June
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January 26 -
Lisbon,
Portugal is hit by an
earthquake in which five die.
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February 27 -
Lutheran princes in the
Holy Roman Empire form a defensive alliance known as the
Schmalkaldic League.
★ February (or March) -
Battle of Antukyah between
Ahmad ibn Ibrihim al-Ghazi of
Adal and an
Ethiopian army.
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February 11 -
Henry VIII of England recognised as supreme head of the
Church of England.
★ April -
Battle of Puná:
Francisco Pizarro defeats the island's native inhabitants.
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April 16 - The city of
Puebla,
Mexico was founded.
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June 24 - The city of
San Juan del RÃo, Mexico was founded.
July - December
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July 25 - The city of
Santiago de Querétaro, Mexico was founded.
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September 22 - In the
Battle of Obertyn the
Moldavians were defeated by
Polish forces under
Jan Amor Tarnowski, allowing the
Polish Crown to retrieve
Pokucie.
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October 11 - In the
Battle of Kappel the forces of
Zürich were defeated by the
Catholic cantons.
Huldrych Zwingli, the
Swiss religious reformer, was killed.
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October 28 - In the
Battle of Amba Sel Imam Ahmad ibn Ibrihim al-Ghazi again defeated the army of
Lebna Dengel,
Emperor of Ethiopia. The southern part of
Ethiopia thus fell under Imam Ahmad's control.
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December 12 -
The Virgin Mary in the guise of
Our Lady of Guadalupe appeared
Juan Diego Cuauhtlatoatzin, an
Aztec convert to Catholicism.
Undated
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Andrea Alciato publishes the first part of his ''
Emblemata''.
★ The
Comet Halley appears.
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Conquistador Francisco de Montejo claims
Chichen Itza as capital of
Spanish ruled
Yucatán.
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University of Sarajevo is founded by
Gazi Husrev-beg.
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Kõpu lighthouse is completed.
Births
★ September -
Henry Stanley, 4th Earl of Derby (died
1594)
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October 12 -
Jacques de Savoie, 2nd Duc de Nemours (died
1585)
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November 18 -
Roberto di Ridolfi, Italian conspirator against
Elizabeth I (died
1612)
★ ''date unknown''
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Henry, Count of Bréderode (died
1568)
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Akiyama Nobutomo, Japanese nobleman (died
1575)
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John Popham, Lord Chief Justice of England (died
1607)
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António, Prior of Crato, claimant to the throne of Portugal (died
1595)
: ''See also .''
Deaths
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January 21 -
Andrea del Sarto, Italian painter (born
1487)
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February 16 -
Johannes Stöffler, German mathematician (born
1452)
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March 6 -
Pedrarias Dávila, Spanish colonial administrator (born c
1440)
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May 19 -
Jan Åaski, Polish statesman and diplomat (b.
1456)
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July 7 -
Tilman Riemenschneider, German sculptor (born
1460)
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July 17 -
Hosokawa Takakuni, Japanese military commander (b.
1484)
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July 23 -
Louis de Brézé, seigneur d'Anet, Marshal of Normandy and husband of
Diane de Poitiers
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October 10 -
Huldrych Zwingli, Swiss reformer (killed in battle) (born
1484)
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September 22 -
Louise of Savoy, mother of
Francis I of France (born
1476)
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November 24 -
Johannes Oecolampadius, German religious reformer (born
1482)
★ ''date unknown''
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Vallabhacharya, founder of the Hindu Vallabha sect (born
1479)
★ ''probable''
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Fernan Perez de Oliva, Spanish man of letters (born
1492)
: ''See also .''