1538 Calendar
What Happened In Year 1538?
- February 24, 1538 – Treaty of Nagyvarad between Ferdinand I and John Zápolya.
- May 26, 1538 – Geneva expels John Calvin and his followers from the city. Calvin lives in exile in Strasbourg for the next three years.
- July 25, 1538 – The city of Guayaquil is founded by the Spanish Conquistador Francisco de Orellana and given the name Muy Noble y Muy Leal Ciudad de Santiago de Guayaquil.
- August 6, 1538 – Bogotá, Colombia, is founded by Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada.
- September 28, 1538 – Ottoman–Venetian War: The Ottoman Navy scores a decisive victory over a Holy League fleet in the Battle of Preveza.
- October 28, 1538 – The first university in the New World, the Universidad Santo Tomás de Aquino, is established.
- December 17, 1538 – Pope Paul III excommunicates Henry VIII of England.
Who Were Born In The Year 1538?
- January 10, 1538 – Louis of Nassau, Dutch general (d. 1574)
- January 15, 1538 – Maeda Toshiie, Japanese general (d. 1599)
- April 26, 1538 – Gian Paolo Lomazzo, Italian painter (d. 1600)
- October 2, 1538 – Saint Charles Borromeo, Italian cardinal (d. 1584)
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