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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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