1542

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Centuries: 15th century - 16th century - 17th century

Decades: 1490s 1500s 1510s 1520s 1530s - 1540s - 1550s 1560s 1570s 1580s 1590s

Years: 1537 1538 1539 1540 1541 - 1542 - 1543 1544 1545 1546 1547


[edit] Events

[edit] Births

  • June 6 - Richard Grenville, Elizabethan sailor (died 1591)
  • June 24 - St. John of the Cross, Spanish Carmelite friar and poet (died 1591)
  • October 15 - Akbar, Jellaladin Mahommed, ruler of the Mughal Empire (died 1605)
  • December 8 - Queen Mary I of Scotland (died 1587)
  • Robert Bellarmine, Catholic theologian and saint (died 1621)
  • Toda Kazuaki, samurai in the service of Tokugawa Ieyasu (died 1604)
  • Anthony Shirley, English traveller (died 1635)
  • John Speed, historian (died 1629)
  • Horio Yoshiharu, Japanese daimyo (died 1611)
  • Kuki Yoshitaka, Japanese naval commander
  • Jan Zamoyski, Polish nobleman (died 1605)

[edit] Deaths