1536

15th century - 16th century - 17th century

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

Years: 1531 1532? 1533? 1534 1535 - 1536 - 1537 1538? 1539? 1540 1541?

• Toyotomi Hideyoshi, Japanese shogun

Deaths

• July 12 - Erasmus of Rotterdam, Dutch writer and philosopher

Events

• Wales is united with England by an Act of Union