1541

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

1541 in other calendars

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

• 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