Today in History for Year 1531
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Months in Year 1531: January February March April May June July August September October November December
Historical Events
Events 1 - 12 of 12
Jan 16th - English Reformation parliament's 2nd sitting
Jan 26th - Lisbon hit by Earthquake; about 30,000 die
Jan 31st - Kings Ferdinand of Austria/Janos Zapolyai of Hungary accept each other
Feb 11th - Henry VIII recognized as supreme head of Church in England
Feb 27th - Evangelical German monarchy/towns form Schmalkaldische Union
May 31st - "Women's Revolt" in Amsterdam: wool house in churchyard aborted
Jun 9th - Pope Clemens VII & Francois I sign secret treaty against Karel V
Oct 11th - Battle at Kappel: Swiss Roman Catholic kantons beat protestant forces of Zurich
Oct 11th - Huldrych Zwingli Swiss reformation leader is killed at the Battle at Kappel
Oct 24th - Bavaria joins Schmalkaldische Union
Oct 28th - 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.
Dec 17th - Pope Clement VII establishes a parallel body to the Inquisition in Lisbon, Portugal.
Famous Birthdays
Birthdays 1 - 2 of 2
Aug 24th - Ercole Bottrigari, composer
Sep 14th - Philipp Apianus, [Bennewitz/Bienewitz], German geography/cartographer
Famous Weddings
Weddings 1 - 1 of 1
Jan 5th - Pope Clemens VII forbids English king Henry VIII to re-marry
Famous Deaths
Deaths 1 - 13 of 13
Jan 22nd - Andrea del Sarto, Italian painter, dies at 44
Feb 16th - Johannes Stöffler, German mathematician and astronomer (b. 1452)
Mar 6th - Pedrarias Dávila, Spanish conquistador
Mar 20th - Sicke Freerks/Frericx, [Cutter], Dutch anabaptist, beheaded
Apr 5th - Richard Roose, boiled to death for trying to poison an archbishop
May 19th - Jan Łaski, Polish statesman and diplomat (b. 1456)
Jul 8th - Tilman Riemenschneider, German sculptor, dies at 71
Jul 17th - Hosokawa Takakuni, Japanese military commander (b. 1484)
Jul 23rd - Louis de Brézé, seigneur d'Anet, Marshal of Normandy and husband of Diane de Poitiers
Sep 22nd - Louise Van Savoye, French regent of king Francois I, dies at 55
Oct 11th - Huldrych Zwingli, Swiss church reformer (Zwinglianen), dies
Nov 24th - Johannes Oecolampadius, German religious reformer (b. 1482)
Dec 6th - John Volkertsz Trimaker, Dutch anabaptist leader, beheaded
