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Centuries: 15th century - 16th century - 17th century
Decades: 1480s 1490s 1500s 1510s 1520s - 1530s - 1540s 1550s 1560s 1570s 1580s
Years: 1531 1532 1533 1534 1535 - 1536 - 1537 1538 1539 1540 1541
[edit] Births
[edit] Deaths
- January 7 - Catherine of Aragon, first wife of Henry VIII of England.
- May 19 - Anne Boleyn, second wife of Henry VIII of England.
[edit] Events
- February 2 - Spaniard Pedro de Mendoza founds Buenos Aires, Argentina.
- February 25 - Jacob Hutter burned in a stake for heresy
- May 19 - Execution of Anne Boleyn
- May 30 - Henry VIII of England marries Jane Seymour
- October 13 - The Pilgrimage of Grace, a rebellion in York, is "resolved" by Robert Aske
- October 29 - Coronation of Jane Seymour as the Queen of England
- Various religious buildings are closed as part of Henry VIIIs dissolution of the monastries, including
- Basingwerk Abbey,
- Bourne Abbey
- Brinkburn Priory,
- Cartmel Priory,
- Dore Abbey and
- The Cistercian Abbey of St Mary and St Chad
- Wales is united with England by an Act of Union
- Manco Capac II revolts from Spanish rule in Peru
- Resumption of war between Francis I of France and Emperor Charles V. Francis ceases control of Savoy and captures Turin.
- Protestantism introduced in Denmark
- Portuguese Crown divides Brazil into fifteen donatory captaincies.
