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Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	15th century – 16th century – 17th century
Decades:	1500s 1510s 1520s – 1530s – 1540s 1550s 1560s
Years:	1530 1531 1532 1533 1534 1535 1536 1537 1538 1539
Categories:	Births – Deaths – Architecture Establishments – Disestablishments

The 1530s decade ran from January 1, 1530, to December 31, 1539.

[edit] Events and trends

[edit] Europe

• Henry VIII took control over the English church and seceded from the Catholic Church, thus producing the Church of England.
• Other schisms, the Reformation in Denmark and the Norway. occurred.

[edit] South America

• Spanish conquest of Peru
• Beginning of colonization of Brazil