Important Historical Events of the year 1542, Year 1542 in History

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List of 1542 Major News Events in History, Most Important Historical Events in 1542

What happened in the year 1542?

Date	Event
February 13, 1542	Catherine Howard, the fifth wife of Henry VIII of England, is executed for adultery.
May 6, 1542	Francis Xavier reaches Old Goa, the capital of Portuguese India at the time.
May 19, 1542	The Prome Kingdom falls to the Taungoo Dynasty in present-day Myanmar.
August 26, 1542	Francisco de Orellana crosses South America from Guayaquil on the Pacific coast to the mouth of the Amazon River on the Atlantic coast.
August 28, 1542	Turkish–Portuguese War: Battle of Wofla: The Portuguese are scattered, their leader Christovão da Gama is captured and later executed.
September 28, 1542	Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo of Portugal arrives at what is now San Diego, California. He is the first European in California.
November 24, 1542	Battle of Solway Moss: An English army defeats a much larger Scottish force near the River Esk in Dumfries and Galloway.
December 14, 1542	Princess Mary Stuart becomes Queen of Scots at the age of one week on the death of her father, James V of Scotland.