1531

align="center" colspan=2 | Years:
1528 1529 1530 - 1531 - 1532 1533 1534

align="center" colspan=2 | Decades:
1500s 1510s 1520s - 1530s - 1540s 1550s 1560s

align="center" | Centuries:
15th century - 16th century - 17th century

Events

January 26 - Lisbon, Portugal is hit by an earthquake-- thousands die
October 1 - Battle of Kappel - The forces of Zrich are defeated by the Catholic cantons. Huldreich 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 Yucatn.

Births

James Stewart, Earl of Moray, illegitimate son of King James V of Scotland and later regent of Scotland
Orlandus Lassus, renowned Franco-Flemish composer of the late Renaissance
Jacobus de Kerle, Franco-Flemish composer

Deaths

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