| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
| Centuries: | 15th century – 16th century – 17th century |
| Decades: | 1510s 1520s 1530s – 1540s – 1550s 1560s 1570s |
| Years: | 1540 1541 1542 1543 1544 1545 1546 1547 1548 1549 |
| Categories: | Births – Deaths – Architecture Establishments – Disestablishments |
The 1540s decade ran from January 1, 1540, to December 31, 1549.
Events and trends
- 1541 Hernando de Soto was the first known European to see the Mississippi River.
- 1542 The first known contact occurred between Japan and the West occurred, with Portuguese being the first Westerners to contact the Japanese.
- 1542 St. John of the Cross was born.
- 1542 Mary Queen of Scots is born.
- 1543 The invasion of Ahmad ibn Ibrihim al-Ghazi was defeated and thus halted by a joint Ethiopia–Portuguese force.
- 1547 Miguel de Cervantes (Alcalá de Henares), author of Don Quixote, was born on September 29th in Spain.
- 1549 Francis Xavier was the first Christian Missionary to visit Japan. [1]
References
- ^ Roberts, J: "History of the World.". Penguin, 1994.
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