1531

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

Decades: 1480s 1490s 1500s 1510s 1520s - 1530s - 1540s 1550s 1560s 1570s 1580s

Years: 1526 1527 1528 1529 1530 - 1531 - 1532 1533 1534 1535 1536

• January 26 - Lisbon, Portugal is hit by an earthquake-- thousands die
• October 1 - Battle of Kappel[?] - The forces of Zurich are defeated by the Catholic cantons. Huldreich Zwingli, the Swiss religious reformer, is killed.
• Our Lady of Guadeloupe[?]: The Virgin Mary appears to Aztec convert Juan Diego Cuauhtlatoatzin.
• Andrea Alciato publishes the first part of his Emblemata.
• The Comet Halley appears.

Births

• James Stewart, Earl of Moray[?], illegitimate son of King James V of Scotland and later regent of Scotland

Deaths

• October 1 - Huldreich Zwingli, Reformer
• Andrea Del Sarto, Florentine painter
• Vallabhacarya[?], Hindu spiritual leader
• Louise of Savoy[?], mother of Francis I of France