Editing 1541 (section)

=== January&ndash;March ===
* [[January 4]] &ndash; [[Leonardo Cattaneo della Volta]] is elected to a two-year term as the new [[Doge of Genoa|Doge]] of the [[Republic of Genoa]], succeeding [[Giannandrea Giustiniani Longo]]
* [[February]] &ndash; 
* [[February 8]] &ndash; (13th day of 1st month of [[Tenbun]] 10) In Japan, the [[Siege of Koriyama]], started by [[Amago Haruhisa]] of the 30,000 strong [[Amago clan]] the previous September in an attack against the [[Mōri clan]] led by [[Mōri Motonari]] and the [[Ōuchi clan]], ends with a defeat of the attackers. The Amago clan sustains heavy losses, including the death of Amago Hisayuki.  
* [[February 12]] &ndash; [[Pedro de Valdivia]] founds [[Santiago|Santiago del Nuevo Extremo]], which will become the capital of [[Chile]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Figueroa |first1=Gonzalo Piwonka |title=Las aguas de Santiago de Chile, 1541-1999: Los primeros doscientos años, 1541-1741 |date=1999 |publisher=Editorial Universitaria |isbn=978-956-244-102-5 |page=29 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CyqWILXMW2kC&dq=Pedro+de+Valdivia+Santiago+del+Nuevo+Extremo+%2212+de+febrero+de+1541%22&pg=PA29 |access-date=13 September 2023 |language=es}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=Revista de la Universidad Nacional de Cordoba |date=1922 |publisher=Dirección General de Publicaciones, Universidad Nacional de Cordoba |page=34 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aoogAQAAMAAJ&dq=Pedro+de+Valdivia+Santiago+del+Nuevo+Extremo+%2212+de+febrero+de+1541%22+capital&pg=PA34 |access-date=13 September 2023 |language=es}}</ref>
* [[February 19]] &ndash; [[Petru Rareș]] becomes the [[List of monarchs of Moldavia|Prince of Moldavia]] for a second time, overthrowing the Voivode [[Alexandru Cornea]] at [[Suceava]] (now in Romania) at the direction of the Ottoman Sultan Suleiman.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Constantinescu |first=Radu |title=Moldova și Transilvania în vremea lui Petru Rareș: Relații politice și militare [Moldova and Transylvania in the time of Petru Rareș: Political and military relations] (1527-1546) |year=1978 |location=Bucharest |publisher=Direcția Generală a Arhivelor Statului |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xrFBAAAAYAAJ}}</ref>
* [[March 8]] &ndash; At the [[Battle of Suakin (1541)|Battle of Suakin]], fought at an Ottoman port city on the [[Red Sea]] in what is now [[Sudan]], Portuguese General [[Estêvão da Gama (16th century)|Estêvão da Gama]] and his brother [[Cristóvão da Gama]]  lead an attack against the Ottoman ruler and plunder the city.<ref>{{Cite journal|author=J. F. E. Bloss| title=The Story Of Suakin| journal=Sudan Notes and Records| volume=19 | number= 2 | year= 1936 | pages=271–300|url=https://www.sudanmemory.org/image/SNR-0000563/23/|access-date=2023-01-13|institution= University of Khartoum }}</ref>
* [[March 12]] &ndash; The Portuguese Empire's fortress at [[Agadir]] falls to the Moroccan general [[Mohammed al-Shaykh]] after a siege of 24 days.<ref>{{EI2|title=Agadir-Ighir|last=Tourneau|first=Roger le|volume=1|pages=244–245}}</ref>
* [[March 28]] &ndash; In what is now the capital of [[Ecuador]], [[Quito|San Francisco de Quito]] is declared a city by the decree of [[Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor|King Charles I of Spain]] and the [[Viceroyalty of Peru]].