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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 (Portugal).

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 .

1549 Francis Xavier is the first Christian Missionary to visit Japan . Roberts, J: "History of the World.". Penguin, 1994.

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