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| Years: 1536 1537 1538 - 1539 - 1540 1541 1542 | |
| Decades: 1500s 1510s 1520s - 1530s - 1540s 1550s 1560s | |
| Centuries: 15th century - 16th century - 17th century | |
Events
- May 30 - In Florida, Hernando de Soto lands at Tampa Bay with 600 soldiers with the goal to find gold.
- Hernando de Soto introduced Pigs into North America
- May - 6 Articles Statute of English Parliament, important in the English Reformation"
- September 4 - Henry VIII contracts to marry Anne of Cleves
- Lutheranism is forcefully introduced to Iceland, despite the opposition of Bishop Jon Aresson .
- The town of Shuya was founded
Births
Deaths
- March 12 - Thomas Boleyn, 1st Earl of Wiltshire, English diplomat (or 1538).
- Guru Nanak, founder of Sikhism
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