1531 Calendar
What Happened In Year 1531?
- January 26, 1531 – Lisbon, Portugal is hit by an earthquake--thousands die.
- February 11, 1531 – Henry VIII of England is recognized as supreme head of the Church of England.
- October 11, 1531 – Huldrych Zwingli is killed in battle with the Roman Catholic cantons of Switzerland.
- October 28, 1531 – 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 falls under Imam Ahmad’s control.
- November 23, 1531 – The Second war of Kappel results in the dissolution of the Protestant alliance in Switzerland.
- December 9, 1531 – The Virgin of Guadalupe first appears to Juan Diego at Tepeyac, Mexico City.
Who Died In The Year 1531?
- February 16, 1531 – Johannes Stöffler, German mathematician and astronomer (b. 1452)
- March 6, 1531 – Pedrarias Dávila, Spanish conquistador (b. 1140)
- May 19, 1531 – Jan Łaski, Polish statesman and diplomat (b. 1456)
- July 17, 1531 – Hosokawa Takakuni, Japanese military commander (b. 1484)
- July 23, 1531 – Louis de Brézé, seigneur d'Anet, French nobleman, Marshal of Normandy and husband of Diane de Poitiers (birth year unknown)
- October 11, 1531 – Huldrych Zwingli, Swiss Protestant leader (b. 1484)
- November 24, 1531 – Johannes Oecolampadius, German religious reformer (b. 1482)
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