Important Historical Events of the year 1541, Year 1541 in History

List of 1541 Major News Events in History, Most Important Historical Events in 1541

What happened in the year 1541?

Date Event
January 15, 1541 King Francis I of France gives Jean-François Roberval a commission to settle the province of New France (Canada) and provide for the spread of the "Holy Catholic faith".
February 12, 1541 Santiago, Chile is founded by Pedro de Valdivia.
April 7, 1541 Francis Xavier leaves Lisbon on a mission to the Portuguese East Indies.
May 6, 1541 King Henry VIII orders English-language Bibles be placed in every church. In 1539 the Great Bible would be provided for this purpose.
May 8, 1541 Hernando de Soto stops near present-day Walls, Mississippi, and sees the Mississippi River[5] (then known by the Spanish as Río de Espíritu Santo, the name given to it by Alonso Álvarez de Pineda in 1519).
June 26, 1541 Francisco Pizarro is assassinated in Lima by the son of his former companion and later antagonist, Diego de Almagro the younger. Almagro is later caught and executed.
August 23, 1541 French explorer Jacques Cartier lands near Quebec City in his third voyage to Canada.
August 29, 1541 The Ottoman Turks capture Buda, the capital of the Hungarian Kingdom.
September 11, 1541 Santiago, Chile, is attacked by indigenous warriors, led by Michimalonco, to free eight indigenous chiefs held captive by the Spaniards.
September 30, 1541 Spanish conquistador Hernando de Soto and his forces enter Tula territory in present-day western Arkansas, encountering fierce resistance.
December 10, 1541 Thomas Culpeper and Francis Dereham are executed for having affairs with Catherine Howard, Queen of England and wife of Henry VIII.