1539
Events May 30 - In Florida, Hernando de Soto lands at Tampa Bay with 600 soldiers with the goal to find gold. Hernando de Soto introduced Pigs into North America May - 6 Articles Statute of English Parliament, important in the English Reformation" September 4 - Henry VIII contracts to marry Anne of Cleves Lutheranism is forcefully introduced to Iceland, despite the opposition of Bishop Jon Aresson. The town of Shuya was founded Births Deaths March 12 - Thomas Boleyn, 1st Earl of Wiltshire, English diplomat (or 1538). Guru Nanak, founder of Sikhism
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