Editing 1541 (section)

=== October&ndash;December ===
* [[October 7]] &ndash; Through royal decree, the city of [[Arequipa]] is granted its [[coat of arms]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Lockey |first1=Joseph |title=Folletos peruanos |date=1914 |publisher=Calle de Lampa |location=Lima |page=31 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=X6Q0zWQ26iUC&dq=decreto+escudo+de+armas+de+Arequipa+%227+de+octubre+de+1541%22&pg=RA5-PA31 |access-date=14 September 2023 |language=es}}</ref>
* [[October 24]] &ndash; [[Algiers expedition (1541)|Algiers Expedition]]: One day after thousands of Spanish, German and Italian soldiers arrived on the North African coast and proceeded to surround the city of [[Algiers]], heavy storms begin and the Algerian defenders surround King Charles and the other commanders. Fifteen European ships are wrecked onshore, and 33 others sink. Over the next 30 days, the Europeans are forced to retreat.<ref name=Garnier>Edith Garnier, ''L'Alliance Impie'' (Editions du Felin, 2008) pp.202-206 {{ISBN|978-2-86645-678-8}}</ref>
* [[November 1]] &ndash; King [[Henry VIII]] of England is first informed of that the Queen consort, [[Catherine Howard]], has been having an affair with [[Thomas Culpeper]].<ref name=Weir>{{cite book |last=Weir |first=Alison |title=Henry VIII: King and Court |date=2001 |page=453 |publisher=Jonathan Cape |location=London}}</ref>
* [[November 19]] &ndash; (1st waxing of Tazaungmon 903 ME) King [[Tabinshwehti]] of [[Burma]], having concluded the Buddhist Lent, leads the attack on the [[Pyay|Kingdom of Prome]] with 17,000 troops and 1,400 boats.<ref>{{cite book | author=Royal Historical Commission of Burma | author-link=Royal Historical Commission of Burma | title=[[Hmannan Yazawin]] | volume=2 |page=180 | orig-year=1832 | location=Yangon | language=my | year=2003 | publisher=Ministry of Information, Myanmar}}</ref>
* [[November 23]] &ndash;
**[[Catherine Howard]], the Queen consort of England, is arrested after 16 days of questioning by [[Thomas Cranmer]], the [[Archbishop of Canterbury]], reveals that she had also been conducting an adulterous affair with [[Francis Dereham]] while married to King Henry VIII. She is imprisoned at [[Syon Abbey]] in  [[Middlesex]] near London.<ref name=Weir/> 
**[[Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor]], who also serves as King Carlos I of Spain, is finally able to depart from Algiers and abandons his army.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Crowley |first1=Roger |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2sSNPz6Bm0wC |title=Empires of the Sea: The Final Battle for the Mediterranean, 1521-1580 |date=2013 |publisher=Faber & Faber |page=73 |isbn=978-0-571-29819-8}}</ref> 
* [[December 3]] &ndash; The Holy Roman Emperor Charles V is finally able to return to Spain, arriving at [[Cartagena, Spain|Cartagena]]<ref name=Garnier/>
* [[December 10]] &ndash; [[Thomas Culpeper]] and [[Francis Dereham]] are both executed at [[Tyburn]] after being convicted of treason in committing adultery with Queen Catherine. Culpeper is beheaded, while Dereham is hanged, drawn and quartered. As a warning to the public, the severed heads of both men are placed on spikes on the London Bridge.<ref>Lacey Baldwin Smith, ''A Tudor Tragedy'' (Pantheon Books, 1961)</ref>