Major Events
- Jan 26 Lisbon hit by Earthquake; about 30,000 die
- Mar 8 King Henry VIII is recognized as the supreme head of the Church in England by the Convocation of Canterbury
- Dec 17 Pope Clement VII publishes papal bull "Cum ad nihil magis", introduces the Inquisition into Portugal at Evora, Coimbra and Lisbon
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Born in 1531
- Aug 24 Ercole Bottrigari, Italian composer, born in Bologna, Papal Sates (now Italy) (d. 1612)
- Sep 14 Philipp Apianus [Bennewitz/Bienewitz], German mathematician and cartographer, born in Ingolstadt, Germany (d. 1589)
Who Died in 1531
- Jan 22 Andrea del Sarto, Italian painter, dies at 44
- Feb 16 Johannes Stöffler, German mathematician and astronomer, dies at 78
- Mar 6 Pedrarias Dávila, Spanish conquistador
- Mar 20 Sicke Freerks/Frericx [Cutter], Dutch anabaptist, beheaded
- Apr 5 Richard Roose, boiled to death for trying to poison an archbishop
More 1531 Deaths
Martin Luther
Michelangelo
Charles V
Francis I of France
Henry VIII
Suleiman the Magnificent