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Second War of Kappel January–March •
January 15 – The third session of the Reformation Parliament of King Henry VIII of England is opened. •
January 26 –
1531 Lisbon earthquake: More than 30,000 people are killed in
Portugal in an earthquake and subsequent
tsunami. •
February 27 –
Lutheran princes in the
Holy Roman Empire form an alliance known as the
Schmalkaldic League. •
February or March –
Battle of Antukyah:
Ahmad ibn Ibrahim al-Ghazi of the
Adal Sultanate defeats the
Ethiopian army. •
March 28 – In India, the fortress of
Mandu, capital of the
Malwa Sultanate, falls as Malwa's
Sultan Mahmúd II and his sons surrender to
Bahadur Shah of Gujarat. •
March 31 – King Henry VIII gives royal assent to numerous acts at the close of the session of the English Parliament, including the
Poisoning Act 1530 (providing for
boiling to death people convicted of poisioning other persons); the
Vagabonds Act 1530 (permitting licensed begging by certified disabled and elderly people); the
Egyptians Act 1530 to allow the expulsion of
gypsies; and the
Bridges Act 1530 for maintenance of bridges.
April–June •
April 12 – In the
Songhai Empire that rules most of West Africa and the
Niger River valley, the Emperor
Askiya Musa is assassinated by his brothers after less than two years on the throne.
Askia Mohammad Benkan is enthroned the same day. •
April 16 – The city of
Puebla, Mexico, is founded. •
April –
Battle of Puná:
Francisco Pizarro defeats the native inhabitants of the island of Puná, off of the coast of what is now the South American nation of
Ecuador. •
May 18 – The third
Dalecarlian rebellion in Sweden is settled on St. Eric's Day at Arboga in Denmark when
King Christian II returns church bells, confiscated earlier to pay Denmark's debts, to the villages in rebellion. •
May 27 – (11th waxing of Nayon 893 ME)
Minkhaung of Mrauk-U, the Burmese
King of Arakan since 1521, is killed in a coup d'etat by the rebellious Governor of
Thandwe,
Min Pa. •
June 24 – The city of
San Juan del Río, Mexico, is founded.
July–September •
July 25 – The city of
Santiago de Querétaro, Mexico is founded. •
August 22 –
Battle of Obertyn: The
Moldavians are defeated by
Polish forces under
Jan Tarnowski, allowing the Poles to recapture
Pokucie. •
August 26 –
Comet Halley achieves its
perihelion. •
September 15 – The first
Parliament of Ireland in more than nine years is opened at
Kilkea Castle, near
Castledermot,
County Kildare, and continues until its adjournment on October 31. •
September 16 – (5th waxing of Thadingyut 893 ME) In Burma (now
Myanmar), the formal coronation of General Min Pa as King
Min Bin of Arakan takes place in the Arakan capital,
Mrauk U. •
September 24 – At the age of 35,
King Gustav I Vasa of
Sweden is married for the first time, taking
Catherine of Saxe-Lauenburg as his bride on her 18th birthday.
October–December •
October 11 –
Battle of Kappel: The forces of
Zürich are defeated by the
Catholic cantons.
Huldrych Zwingli, the
Swiss religious reformer, is killed. •
October 28 –
Battle of Amba Sel:
Imam Ahmad ibn Ibrahim al-Ghazi again defeats the army of
Dawit II,
Emperor of Ethiopia. The southern part of
Ethiopia thus falls under Imam Ahmad's control. •
November 5 –
Christian II`s invasion force arrives in
Oslo. •
December 9 – The
Virgin of Guadalupe first appears to Juan Diego at Tepeyac, Mexico City. •
December 12 –
Mary, mother of Jesus, in the guise of
Our Lady of Guadalupe, appears imprinted on the
tilmàtli of
Juan Diego Cuauhtlatoatzin, an
Aztec convert to Catholicism, in Tepeyac near Mexico City.
Date unknown •
Andrea Alciato publishes
Emblemata. •
Conquistador Francisco de Montejo claims
Chichen Itza as capital of Spanish-ruled
Yucatán. • The
University of Sarajevo is founded by
Gazi Husrev-beg based on
Sufi philosophy. •
Kõpu Lighthouse is completed. • A severe drought in
Henan province, China, coupled with a gigantic swarm of
locusts in the summer, forces many in destitute agricultural communities to turn to
cannibalism to avoid dying by starvation. •
Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor abolishes the worst abuses of the
encomienda system, by pressure of
Bartolomé de las Casas. • A
witch-hunt is conducted in the town of
Schiltach, Germany. • In present-day Czech Republic, the Zástřizl family held
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