Year by year · 16th century

1538

1538 in world history: 5 events, 8 births, 8 deaths, 3 states founded and 2 that came to an end. 999 recorded states existed that year.

Events

  1. 17 December

    Pope Paul III excommunicates Henry VIII

    Pope Paul III published the bull of excommunication against Henry VIII, prepared in 1535 but suspended. It came after Henry's agents destroyed the shrine of Thomas Becket at Canterbury.

  2. Battle

    Battle of Las Salinas

    The Battle of Las Salinas was fought in April 1538 near Cusco between the forces of Francisco Pizarro, led by his brother Hernando, and those of Diego de Almagro, in the first of the civil wars among the conquistadors of Peru.

  3. Battle

    Battle of Preveza

    The Battle of Preveza was a naval battle fought on 28 September 1538 off Preveza in north-western Greece, in which the Ottoman fleet under Hayreddin Barbarossa defeated the fleet of the Holy League commanded by Andrea Doria.

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Born in 1538 8

Died in 1538 8

States founded 3

States that came to an end 2

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