See also: 1520s in architecture, other events of the 1530s, 1540s in architecture and the architecture timeline. See also: 1510s in architecture, other events of the 1520s, 1530s in architecture and the architecture timeline. ... Centuries: 15th century - 16th century - 17th century Decades: 1480s 1490s 1500s 1510s 1520s - 1530s - 1540s 1550s 1560s 1570s 1580s Years: 1530 1531 1532 1533 1534 1535 1536 1537 1538 1539 Events and Trends Spanish conquest of Peru Beginning of colonization of Brazil Categories: 1530s ... This page indexes the individual year in architecture pages. ...

Buildings

• 1533 - Work begins on La Fortaleza in Puerto Rico.
• 1534 - After 259 years of work, Regensburg Cathedral in Germany is completed.
• 1537 - Work begins on the Library of San Marco in Venice, designed by Jacopo Sansovino.
• 1538 - Work begins on the Piazza del Campidoglio (Capitoline Hill), designed by Michelangelo.

Events January 25 - King Henry VIII of England marries Anne Boleyn, his second Queen consort. ... La Fortaleza (or The Fortress in English) is the current residence of the Governor of Puerto Rico. ... Events May 10 - Jacques Cartier explores Newfoundland while searching for the Northwest Passage. ... Events January 6 - Alessandro de Medici assassinated August 25 - The Honourable Artillery Company, the oldest surviving regiment in the British Army, and the second most senior, was formed. ... Jacopo d’Antonio Sansovino (1486 - November 27, 1570) was an Italian sculptor and architect. ... Events Treaty of Nagyvarad. ... Piazza del Campidoglio, on the top of Capitoline Hill The Capitoline Hill (Capitolinus Mons), between the Forum and the Campus Martius, is one of the famous and highest of the seven hills of Rome, the site of a temple for the Capitoline Triad: the gods Jupiter, his wife Juno and... Michelangelo (full name Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni) (March 6, 1475 - February 18, 1564) was a Renaissance sculptor, architect, painter, and poet. ...

Events

• 1537 - Sebastiano Serlio publishes the first volume of his architectural treatise, Tutte l'opere d'archittura et prospetiva, in Venice, putting the classical orders into cannonical form.

Events January 6 - Alessandro de Medici assassinated August 25 - The Honourable Artillery Company, the oldest surviving regiment in the British Army, and the second most senior, was formed. ... Sebastiano Serlio (Bologna 1475 – Fontainebleau ca 1554), the Italian Mannerist architect, was part of the Italian team building Fontainebleau. ... A refined canonic version of the Orders engraved for the Encyclopédie, vol. ...

Births

• 1535 - Robert Smythson born in England.

Events January 18 - Lima, Peru founded by Francisco Pizarro April - Jacques Cartier discovers the Iroquois city of Stadacona, Canada (now Quebec) and in May, the even greater Huron city of Hochelaga (now Montreal) June 24 - The Anabaptist state of Münster (see Münster Rebellion) is conquered and disbanded. ... Wollaton Hall in the late 18th century. ...

Deaths