1538

Years: 1535 1536 1537 - 1538 - 1539 1540 1541
Decades: 1500s 1510s 1520s - 1530s - 1540s 1550s 1560s
Centuries: 15th century - 16th century - 17th century

Events

Treaty of Nagyvarad. Peace between King Ferdinand and the Turks. John Zapolya is recognized as King of Hungary, while Ferdinand retains the northern and western parts of the Kingdom, and is recognized as heir to the throne.
Truce of Nice - Peace between Emperor Charles V and Francis I of France
Michelangelo starts the work on the Piazza del Campidoglio (Capitoline Hill).
October 28 - The first University of the New World is founded the Universidad Santo Tomás de Aquino
November 30 - Sucre, Bolivia is founded under the name Ciudad de la Plata de la Nueva Toledo
November 30 - Byland Abbey dissolved
Bisham Abbey dissolved

January 10 - Louis of Nassau, Dutch general (d. 1574)
January 15 - Maeda Toshiie, Japanese samurai and warlord (died 1599)
March 25 - Christopher Clavius, German mathematician and astronomer (died 1612)
April 26 - Gian Paolo Lomazzo, Italian painter (d. 1600)
August 12 - Maria of Portugal (died 1577)
October 2 - Saint Charles Borromeo, saint and cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church (died 1584)
October 31 - Caesar Baronius, Italian cardinal and historian (died 1607)
Francois de Bar, French scholar (died 1606)
Diane de France, illegitimate daughter of Henry II of France (died 1619)
Imagawa Ujizane, Japanese nobleman
Kitsuno, concubine of Japanese daimyo
Philips van Marnix, lord of Sint-Aldegonde, Dutch writer and statesman (died 1598)
Giambattista della Porta, Italian scholar and polymath (died 1615)
Ashikaga Yoshihide, Japanese shogun (died 1568)