1538
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| Centuries: | 15th century - 16th century - 17th century |
| Decades: | 1500s 1510s 1520s - 1530s - 1540s 1550s 1560s |
| Years: | 1535 1536 1537 - 1538 - 1539 1540 1541 |
| 1538 in topic: |
| Subjects: Archaeology - Architecture - |
| Art - Literature - Music - Science |
| Leaders: State leaders - Colonial governors |
| Category: Establishments - Disestablishments |
| Births - Deaths - Works |
Year 1538 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
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[edit] Events of 1538
[edit] January - June
- February 24 - Treaty of Nagyvárad: Peace between King Ferdinand and the Turks. John Zapolya is recognized as King of Hungary, while Ferdinand retains the northern and western parts of the Kingdom, and is recognized as heir to the throne.
- April 26 - Battle of Las Salinas, where Almagro was defeated by Francisco Pizarro, who then seized Cuzco.
[edit] July - December
- August 6 - Bogotá, Colombia is founded by Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada.
- September 28 - The naval Battle of Preveza where the Turkish fleet of Suleiman the Magnificent under the command of Barbarossa Hayreddin Pasha defeated the Holy League of Emperor Charles V under the command of Andrea Doria.
- October 28 - The first University of the New World is founded the Universidad Santo Tomás de Aquino.
- November 30 - Sucre, Bolivia is founded under the name Ciudad de la Plata de la Nueva Toledo.
- November 30 - Byland Abbey is dissolved.
[edit] Undated
- Truce of Nice - Peace between Emperor Charles V and Francis I of France.
- Michelangelo starts work on the Piazza del Campidoglio (Capitoline Hill).
- Bisham Abbey dissolved.
[edit] Births
| Gregorian calendar | 1538 MDXXXVIII |
| Ab urbe condita | 2291 |
| Armenian calendar | 987 ԹՎ ՋՁԷ |
| Bahá'í calendar | -306 – -305 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2082 |
| Chinese calendar | 4174/4234-12-1 (丁酉年十二月初一日) — to —
4175/4235-12-11(戊戌年十二月十一日) |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1530 – 1531 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5298 – 5299 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1593 – 1594 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1460 – 1461 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4639 – 4640 |
| Holocene calendar | 11538 |
| Iranian calendar | 916 – 917 |
| Islamic calendar | 944 – 945 |
| Japanese calendar | Tenbun 7 (天文7年) |
| - Imperial Year | Kōki 2198 (皇紀2198年) |
| - Jōmon Era | 11538 |
| Julian calendar | 1583 |
| Korean calendar | 3871 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2081 |
- January 10 - Louis of Nassau, Dutch general (d. 1574)
- January 15 - Maeda Toshiie, Japanese samurai and warlord (died 1599)
- March 25 - Christopher Clavius, German mathematician and astronomer (died 1612)
- April 26 - Gian Paolo Lomazzo, Italian painter (d. 1600)
- August 12 - Maria of Portugal (died 1577)
- October 2 - Saint Charles Borromeo, saint and cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church (died 1584)
- October 31 - Caesar Baronius, Italian cardinal and historian (died 1607)
- November 16 - Saint Turibius of Mongrovejo, Spanish Grand Inquisitioner and missionary Archbishop of Lima (died 1606)
- date unknown
- François de Bar, French scholar (died 1606)
- Diane de France, illegitimate daughter of Henry II of France (died 1619)
- Kitsuno, concubine of Japanese daimyo (died 1566)
- Ashikaga Yoshihide, Japanese shogun (died 1568)
- See also Category: 1538 births.
[edit] Deaths
- January 8 - Beatrice, Duchess of Savoy (born 1504)
- February 12 - Albrecht Altdorfer, German painter (born c1480)
- April 4 - Elena Glinskaya, Regent of Russia
- May 8 - Edward Fox, English churchman (born 1496)
- May 22 - John Forrest, English Franciscan friar (martyred) (born 1471)
- June 30 - Charles of Egmond, Duke of Guelders (b. 1467)
- July 8 - Diego de Almagro, Spanish conquistador (born 1475)
- September 14 - Henry III of Nassau-Breda, Baron of Breda (b. 1483)
- October 20 - Francesco Maria I della Rovere, condottiero (b. 1490)
- November 22 - John Lambert, English Protestant martyr (burned at stake)
- date unknown
- Elizabeth Boleyn, Countess of Wiltshire (born 1480)
- Pierre Gringore, French poet and playwright (born 1475)
- See also Category: 1538 deaths.
