1540s
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- 1541 Hernando de Soto is the first European to see the Mississippi River.
- 1542 The first contact of Japan with the West
- 1542 St. John of the Cross is born.
- 1543 The invasion of Ahmad ibn Ibrihim al-Ghazi is finally defeated by a joint Ethiopia-Portuguese force.
- 1547 Miguel de Cervantes (Alcalá de Henares), author of Don Quixote, is born on September 29th in Spain.bs:1540te
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