What is 1541?
{{Year nav|1541}} {{Year in various calendars|1541}} {{Year article header|1541}} == Events == *The first official translation of the entire [[Bible]] in [[Swedish (language)|Swedish]] * [[February 12]] – [[Pedro de Valdivia]] founds [[Santiago|Santiago de Chile]]. * [[May 8]] – [[Hernando de Soto (explorer)|Hernando de Soto]] reaches the [[Mississippi River]] naming it Rio de Espiritu Santo. * [[May 23]] – [[Jacques Cartier]] departs [[Saint-Malo]] [[France]] on his third voyage. * [[July 9]] – [[Estevão da Gama]] departs [[Massawa]], leaving behind 400 [[matchlock]]men and 150 slaves under his brother [[Christovão da Gama]], with orders to assist the [[Emperor of Ethiopia]] defeat [[Ahmad ibn Ibrihim al-Ghazi]] who has invaded his Empire. * [[August 29]] – The [[Janissary|Janissaries]] of [[Suleiman the Magnificent]] take Buda by ruse, hiding themselves as tourists. * [[Ottoman Sultan]] [[Suleiman the Magnificent]] seals off [[The Golden Gate]] in [[Jerusalem]]. *The [[Parliament of Ireland]] declares [[Henry VIII of England]] [[King of Ireland]] replacing the [[Lordship of Ireland]] with the [[Kingdom of Ireland]]. * [[October]] – The unsuccessful Algerian campaign of [[Charles V of Spain]] Gabsurg [[Category:1541| ]]