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1540s

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

1510s 1520s 1530s - 1540s - 1550s 1560s 1570s
Years:

1540 1541 1542 1543 1544 1545 1546 1547 1548 1549

Events and Trends

  • 1541 Hernando de Soto is the first European to see the Mississippi River.
  • 1542 The first contact of Japan with the West
  • 1542 St. John of the Cross is born.
  • 1543 The invasion of Ahmad ibn Ibrihim al-Ghazi is finally defeated by a joint Ethiopia-Portuguese force.
  • 1547 Miguel de Cervantes (Alcalá de Henares), author of Don Quixote, is born on September 29th in Spain.

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