1531
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| Years: 1528 1529 1530 - 1531 - 1532 1533 1534 | |
| Decades: 1500s 1510s 1520s - 1530s - 1540s 1550s 1560s | |
| Centuries: 15th century - 16th century - 17th century | |
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Events
- January 26 - Lisbon, Portugal is hit by an earthquake-- thousands die
- October 1 - Battle of Kappel - The forces of Zürich are defeated by the Catholic cantons. Huldrych Zwingli, the Swiss religious reformer, is killed.
- Our Lady of Guadeloupe: The Virgin Mary appears to Aztec convert Juan Diego Cuauhtlatoatzin.
- 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.
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Births
- Henry, Count of Bréderode (died 1568)
- Henry Stanley, 4th Earl of Derby (died 1594)
- Jacobus de Kerle, Flemish composer
- Akiyama Nobutomo, Japanese nobleman (died 1575)
- John Popham, Lord Chief Justice of England (died 1607)
- Anthony of Portugal, claimant to the throne of Portugal
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Deaths
- February 16 - Johannes Stöffler, German mathematician (born 1452)
- October 10 - Huldrych Zwingli, leader of the Swiss Reformation (born 1484)
- November 24 - Johannes Oecolampadius, German religious reformer (born 1482)
- Andrea del Sarto, Italian painter (born 1487)
- Pedrarias Dávila, Spanish colonial administrator (born 1440)
- Fernan Perez de Oliva, Spanish man of letters (born 1492)
- Tilman Riemenschneider, German sculptor (born 1460)
- Andrea Del Sarto, Italian painter (born 1487)
- Louise of Savoy, mother of Francis I of France (born 1476)
- Vallabhacharya, founder of the Hindu Vallabha sect (born 1479)af:1531
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