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1537 - Definition and Overview

Years:
1534 1535 1536 - 1537 - 1538 1539 1540
Decades:
1500s 1510s 1520s - 1530s - 1540s 1550s 1560s
Centuries:
15th century - 16th century - 17th century

Events

  • January 6 - Alessandro de Medici assassinated
  • August 25 - The Honourable Artillery Company, the oldest surviving regiment in the British Army, and the second most senior, was formed.
  • Pope Paul III publishes the encyclical Sublimis Deus, which declares 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.
  • The Portuguese bring the potato to Europe

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