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Events and People Who Made History in the Year 1539 AD
February
February 1: Emperor Karel and King Francois I sign anti-English treaty
February 15: Emperor Charles receives Cardinal Pole in Toledo
February 19: Jews of Tyrnau Hungary (then Trnava, Czechoslovakia), expelled
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April
April 19: Charles, protestant German monarch, signs Treaty of Frankrfurt
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May
May 28: Hernando de Soto lands in Florida
May 30: Spanish explorer Fernando de Soto discovers Florida
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June
June 3: Hernando De Soto claims Florida for Spain
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October
October 4: King Henry VIII and Anna of Kleef marry
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December
December 29: St. Jacobs Church burns after being hit by lightning
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