1542

Centuries - Year in Review 16th Century

15th century - 16th century - 17th century

Decades: 1490s 1500s 1510s 1520s 1530s - 1540s - 1550s 1560s 1570s 1580s? 1590s?

Years: 1537 1538? 1539? 1540 1541? - 1542 - 1543 1544? 1545? 1546 1547?

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Births

Deaths

Events:

• The first contact of Japan with the West when a Portuguese ship, blown off its course to China, landed in Japan.