Centuries: 15th century - 16th century - 17th century

Decades: 1480s 1490s 1500s 1510s 1520s - 1530s - 1540s 1550s 1560s 1580s 1590s

Years: 1532 1533 1534 1535 1536 - 1537 - 1538 1539 1540 1541 1542


Births Deaths Events

  • Pope Paul III published the encyclical Sublimis Deus, which declared the natives of the New World to be rational beings with souls who must not be enslaved or robbed.
  • Manco II establishes neo-Inca independent state at Vilacampa, Peru
  • Recife is founded by the portuguese in Brazil.\n