Important Events in 1531
- Jan 26 Lisbon hit by Earthquake; about 30,000 die
- Mar 8 Henry VIII recognised as supreme head of Church in England by the Convocation of Canterbury
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Famous People Born in 1531
- Aug 24 Ercole Bottrigari, Italian composer, born in Bologna (d. 1612)
- Sep 14 Philipp Apianus [Bennewitz/Bienewitz], German mathematician and cartographer, born in Ingolstadt, Germany (d. 1589)
Famous People in 1531
Martin Luther
Theologian and Founder of Protestantism- Michelangelo
Sculptor and Painter
Martin Luther
MichelangeloWorld Leaders in 1531
- Charles V
Holy Roman Emperor - Francis I of France
King - Henry VIII
King of England - Suleiman the Magnificent
Ottoman Sultan
Charles V
Francis I of France
Henry VIII
Suleiman the MagnificentFamous Weddings in 1531
- Jan 5 Pope Clemens VII forbids English King Henry VIII to remarry
Famous People 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
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