1541
year
1541 (MDXLI) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar, the 1541st year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 541st year of the 2nd millennium, the 41st year of the 16th century, and the 2nd year of the 1540s decade. As of the start of 1541, the Gregorian calendar was 10 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 15th century – 16th century – 17th century |
| Decades: | 1510s 1520s 1530s – 1540s – 1550s 1560s 1570s |
| Years: | 1538 1539 1540 – 1541 – 1542 1543 1544 |
| Gregorian calendar | 1541 MDXLI |
| Ab urbe condita | 2294 |
| Armenian calendar | 990 ԹՎ ՋՂ |
| Assyrian calendar | 6291 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 1462–1463 |
| Bengali calendar | 948 |
| Berber calendar | 2491 |
| English Regnal year | 32 Hen. 8 – 33 Hen. 8 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2085 |
| Burmese calendar | 903 |
| Byzantine calendar | 7049–7050 |
| Chinese calendar | 庚子年 (Metal Rat) 4237 or 4177 — to — 辛丑年 (Metal Ox) 4238 or 4178 |
| Coptic calendar | 1257–1258 |
| Discordian calendar | 2707 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1533–1534 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5301–5302 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1597–1598 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1462–1463 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4641–4642 |
| Holocene calendar | 11541 |
| Igbo calendar | 541–542 |
| Iranian calendar | 919–920 |
| Islamic calendar | 947–948 |
| Japanese calendar | Tenbun 10 (天文１０年) |
| Javanese calendar | 1459–1460 |
| Julian calendar | 1541 MDXLI |
| Korean calendar | 3874 |
| Minguo calendar | 371 before ROC 民前371年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | 73 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2083–2084 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阳金鼠年 (male Iron-Rat) 1667 or 1286 or 514 — to — 阴金牛年 (female Iron-Ox) 1668 or 1287 or 515 |
Events
change- The first official translation of the entire Bible in Swedish
- February 12 – Pedro de Valdivia founds Santiago de Chile.
- May 8 – 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 matchlockmen 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 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