1542

Years: 1539 1540 1541 - 1542 - 1543 1544 1545
Decades: 1510s 1520s 1530s - 1540s - 1550s 1560s 1570s
Centuries: 15th century - 16th century - 17th century

War resumes between Francis I of France and Emperor Charles V. This time Henry VIII of England is allied to the Emperor, while James V of Scotland and Sultan Suleiman I are allied to the French.
February 2 - Portuguese under Christovão da Gama capture a Moslem-occupied hillfort in northern Ethiopia in the Battle of Baçente.
February 13 - Catherine Howard, the fifth wife of Henry VIII of England, is executed for adultery.
April 4 - 16 The Portuguese under Christovão da Gama encounter the army of Imam Ahmad Gragn in the Battle of Jarte, and inflict upon the Imam two successive defeats.
August - Battle of the Hill of the Jews: During the rainy season, Christovão da Gama captures a strategic position and many badly-needed horses.
August 28 - Reinforced with at least 600 arquebusiers and cavalry, Imam Ahmad Gragn attacks the Portuguese camp in the Battle of Wofla. The Portuguese are scattered, Christovão da Gama captured and executed.
September 28 - Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo landed in what is now San Diego Bay and named it "San Miguel", which will later become San Diego
November 25 - Battle of Solway Moss. An English army invades Scotland and defeats a scottish army.
December 14 - Princess Mary Stuart becomes Queen Mary I of Scotland.
The first contact of Japan with the West occurs when a Portuguese ship, blown off its course to China, lands in Japan.

February 1 - Girolamo Aleandro, Italian cardinal (born 1480)
February 13 - Catherine Howard, fifth wife of Henry VIII of England (executed)
May 21 - Hernando de Soto, Spanish explorer, navigator and conquistador
June 19 - Leo Jud, Swiss reformer (born 1482)
August 24 - Gasparo Contarini, Italian diplomat and cardinal (born 1483)
August 29 - Cristovão da Gama, Portuguese soldier (born c.1516)
October 6 - Thomas Wyatt, English poet and diplomat (born 1503)
December 14 - King James V of Scotland (born 1512)
Juan Boscán Almogáver, Spanish poet
Dosso Dossi, Italian painter (born 1490)
Nikolaus Federmann, German adventurer in Venezuela and Colombia (born 1501)
Lucas Fernández, Spanish dramatist and musician
Arthur Plantagenet, 1st Viscount Lisle, illegitimate son of King Edward IV of England
Cristóbal de Olid, Spanish adventurer (born 1492)
Lapu-Lapu, Filipino warrior (born 1491)

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