Rulers:
• Alfonso d’Avalos d’Aquino, Governor of the Duchy of Milan (1538-1546)
• Carlos I, King of Spain (1516-1556)
• Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor (1519-1558)
• Cosimo I de’ Medici, Duke of Florence (1537-1569)
• François I, King of France (1515-1547)
• Henry VIII, King of England (1509-1547)
• Henry VIII, Lord of Ireland (1509-1542)
• Henry VIII, King of Ireland (1542-1547)
• John Frederick I, Elector of Saxony (1532-1547)
• Mary I, Queen of Scotland (1542-1567)
• Paulus III (Alessandro Farnese), Pope (1534-1549)
Births:
• Mary I, Queen of Scotland (1542-1587)
• Medici, Isabella de’ (1542-1576)
Deaths:
• Gherardini, Lisa (1479-1542)
• Medici, Bia de’ (c.1537-1542)
Art:
• Bronzino (1503-1572): Ritratto di Bia de’ Medici (c.1542)
• Holbein, Hans the Younger (c.1497-1543): Self-Portrait (1542-43)
• Tintoretto, Jacopo (1518-1594): La cena di Emmaus (c.1542)
• Tintoretto, Jacopo (1518-1594): Ritratto d’uomo in veste di san Giorgio (1540-50)
• Tiziano (c.1488-1576): Incoronazione di spine (1540-43)
• Tiziano (c.1488-1576): San Giovanni Battista (c.1540-42)