1531

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	15th century – 16th century – 17th century
Decades:	1500s  1510s  1520s  – 1530s –  1540s  1550s  1560s
Years:	1528 1529 1530 – 1531 – 1532 1533 1534

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1531 Media

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  August 22: The Battle of Obertyn is fought between Poland and Moldova

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  October 11: Second War of Kappel

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  Maria of Austria, Duchess of Jülich-Cleves-Berg

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  Portrait Anna d'Estes, Herzogin von Guise und Nemours (1531-1607)

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  Portrait of Ulrich Zwingli (1484-1531)

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  Johannes Oecolampadius

1531 (MDXXXI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar, the 1531st year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 531st year of the 2nd millennium, the 31st year of the 16th century, and the 2nd year of the 1530s decade. As of the start of 1531, the Gregorian calendar was 10 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.

Events

• The Spanish arrive in Peru.
• Death of Protestant reformer Huldrych Zwingli