1531
EventsJanuary 26 - Lisbon, Portugal is hit by an earthquake-- thousands dieOctober 1 - Battle of Kappel - The forces of Zürich are defeated by the Catholic cantons. Huldreich Zwingli, the Swiss religious reformer, is killed.Our Lady of Guadeloupe: The Virgin Mary appears to Aztec convert Juan Diego Cuauhtlatoatzin.Andrea Alciato publishes the first part of his Emblemata.The Comet Halley appears.Conquistador Francisco de Montejo claims Chichen Itza as capital of Spanish ruled Yucatán. Births James Stewart, Earl of Moray, illegitimate son of King James V of Scotland and later regent of ScotlandOrlandus Lassus, renowned Franco-Flemish composer of the late RenaissanceJacobus de Kerle, Franco-Flemish composer Deaths October 1 - Huldreich Zwingli, ReformerAndrea Del Sarto, Florentine painterVallabhacarya, Hindu spiritual leaderLouise of Savoy, mother of Francis I of France
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