PEACH

History

1541

Population: 493 Million*

Entertainment: Writers include Giambattista Cinzio Giraldi (classical Italian tragedy),
Art includes Michelangelo "The Last Judgement"
Religion: Loyola elected General of the Jesuits
Deaths: Conquistador Francisco Pizarro, Alchemist and physician Paracelsus, Painter Rosso Fiorentino, Artist Jean Clouet, Sculptor Damian Forment, Composer Wulfard Hellinck,

General: Last of Cartier's voyages in new world
Brazil: Francisco de Orellana descends Amazon River
Tsunami
North America: Coronado takes expedition across New Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma, and Kansas
Hernando de Soto discovers Mississippi river
Peru: Death of Francisco Pizarro the Spanish conquerer of Peru

England: Queen Catherine Howard sent to the Tower on suspicion of immoral conduct – paramours Thomas Culpepper and Dereham executed
Hungary: Suleiman I takes Buda and annexes Hungary defeating Habsburg leader Ferdinand – see 1686
Ireland: Irish parliament declares Henry VIII king of Ireland and head of Irish Church - Ireland becomes kingdom
Scotland: John Knox leads Calvinist reformation in Scotland
Switzerland: Leadership of John Calvin in Geneva begins - introduces puritan Protestant society