WHAT ALL HAPPENED JANUARY TO DECEMBER 1542
Find out what all happened January to December 1542

Battle of Solway Moss: An English army defeats a much larger Scottish force near the River Esk in Dumfries and Galloway. (24. November 1542)

Navigator Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo of Portugal arrives at what is now San Diego, California, United States. (28. September 1542)

Explorer Cabrillo discovers Santa Catalina Island off of the California coast. (7. October 1542)

Princess Mary Stuart becomes Mary, Queen of Scots. (14. December 1542)

The Prome Kingdom falls to the Taungoo Dynasty in present-day Burma. (19. May 1542)

Francis Xavier reaches Old Goa, the capital of Portuguese India at the time. (6. May 1542)

Turkish–Portuguese War (1538–1557): Battle of Wofla: the Portuguese are scattered, their leader Christovão da Gama is captured and later executed. (28. August 1542)

Catherine Howard, the fifth wife of Henry VIII of England, is executed for adultery. (13. February 1542)

Portuguese forces under Christovão da Gama capture a Muslim-occupied hill fort in northern Ethiopia in the Battle of Baçente. (2. February 1542)