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Centuries - Year in Review 16th Century

15th century - 16th century - 17th century

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

1540 1541? 1542 1543 1544? 1545? 1546 1547? 1548? 1549?

1541? - 1542 - 1543 - decade 1540s - 16th century

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Events:

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