Fernão Mendes Pinto (1509-1583) was a Portuguese adventurer, explorer and writer. Among his achievements are the introduction of the gun to Japan in 1543. Events February 2 - Battle of Diu took place near Diu, India. ... Events August 5 - Sir Humphrey Gilbert establishes first English colony in North America, at what is now St Johns, Newfoundland. ... This article is about firearms and similar devices. ... Events February 21 - Battle of Wayna Daga - A combined army of Ethiopian and Portuguese troops defeat the armies of Adal led by Ahmed Gragn. ...

He left us with such an incredible acount of his journeys (called The Pilgrimage - Peregrinação in Portuguese, published only in 1614), that for a long time he was not believed.