1542
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 15th century – 16th century – 17th century |
| Decades: | 1510s 1520s 1530s – 1540s – 1550s 1560s 1570s |
| Years: | 1539 1540 1541 – 1542 – 1543 1544 1545 |
Events
Births
- June 6 - Richard Grenville, Elizabethan sailor (died 1591)
- June 24 - St. John of the Cross, Spanish Carmelite friar and poet (died 1591)
- October 15 - Akbar, Jellaladin Mahommed, ruler of the Mughal Empire (died 1605)
- December 8 - Queen Mary I of Scotland (died 1587)
- Robert Bellarmine, Catholic theologian and saint (died 1621)
- Toda Kazuaki, samurai in the service of Tokugawa Ieyasu (died 1604)
- Anthony Shirley, English traveller (died 1635)
- John Speed, historian (died 1629)
- Horio Yoshiharu, Japanese daimyo (died 1611)
- Kuki Yoshitaka, Japanese naval commander
- Jan Zamoyski, Polish nobleman (died 1605)