Family tree De Lange-Kranz » Arnoldus Man (1485-1541)

Day of death September 10, 1541

• Graaf Karel II (Oostenrijks Huis) was from 1515 till 1555 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Graafschap Holland)
• In the year 1541: Source: Wikipedia
  • May 8 » Hernando de Soto stops near present-day Walls, Mississippi, and sees the Mississippi River (then known by the Spanish as Río de Espíritu Santo, the name given to it by Alonso Álvarez de Pineda in 1519).
  • August 23 » French explorer Jacques Cartier lands near Quebec City in his third voyage to Canada.
  • September 11 » Santiago, Chile, is besieged by indigenous warriors, led by Michimalonco, to free eight indigenous chiefs held captive by the Spaniards. However, the Spaniards decapitated them and rolled their heads on the main square, horrifying the indigenous warriors, and subsequently ending the attack.
  • September 13 » After three years of exile, John Calvin returns to Geneva to reform the church under a body of doctrine known as Calvinism.
  • September 30 » Spanish conquistador Hernando de Soto and his forces enter Tula territory in present-day western Arkansas, encountering fierce resistance.
  • December 10 » Thomas Culpeper and Francis Dereham are executed for having affairs with Catherine Howard, Queen of England and wife of Henry VIII.

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• 1479 » Jacopo Piccolomini-Ammannati, Italian cardinal and humanist (b. 1422)
• 1482 » Federico da Montefeltro, Italian warlord (b. 1422)
• 1504 » Philibert II, Duke of Savoy (b. 1480)
• 1519 » John Colet, English theologian and scholar (b. 1467)
• 1549 » Anthony Denny, English politician (b. 1501)
• 1591 » Richard Grenville, English admiral and politician (b. 1542)