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Historical Events for the Year 1531

• 26th January » Lisbon, Portugal is hit by an 1531 Lisbon earthquake called earthquake—thousands die.
• 11th February » Henry VIII of England is recognized as supreme head of the Church of England.
• 11th October » Huldrych Zwingli is killed in battle with the Roman Catholic cantons of Switzerland.
• 23rd November » The Second war of Kappel results in the dissolution of the Protestant alliance in Switzerland.
• 9th December » Our Lady of Guadalupe e.g The Virgin of Guadalupe first appears to Juan Diego at Tepeyac, Mexico City.

Famous Deaths in History for 1531

• 16th February » Johannes Stöffler, German mathematician and astronomer (b. 1452)
• 6th March » Pedro Arias Dávila, Spanish explorer (b. 1440)
• 19th May » Jan Łaski (1456–1531) e.g Jan Łaski, Polish diplomat (b. 1456)
• 17th July » Hosokawa Takakuni, Japanese commander (b. 1484)
• 11th October » Huldrych Zwingli, Swiss pastor and theologian (b. 1484)
• 24th November » Johannes Oecolampadius, German religious reformer (b. 1482)

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