Date | Event |
---|---|
Jan 17 |
Francois Rabelais absolved of apostasy by Pope Paul III |
Feb 2 |
Pedro de Mendoza founds Argentine city of Buenos Aires |
Feb 18 |
France & Turkey sign milt/trade agreement against King Karel |
Apr 14 |
English King Henry VIII expropriates minor monasteries |
Apr 21 |
Thomas Cromwell begins to plot Anne Boleyn's downfall while feigning illness |
May 2 |
Anne Boleyn is arrested and taken to the Tower of London |
May 6 |
King Henry VIII orders bible be placed in every church in England |
May 15 |
Anne Boleyn & brother George, Lord Rochford, accused of adultery and incest |
May 17 |
Anne Boleyn's 4 "lovers" executed |
May 23 |
Pope Paul III installs Portugese inquisition |
Jun 6 |
Mexico begins its inquisition |
Jul 9 |
French navigator Jacques Cartier returns to Saint-Malo from Canada |
Jul 18 |
Pope's authority declared void in England |
Jul 25 |
Sebastián de Belalcázar on his search of El Dorado founds the City of Santiago de Cali. |
Aug 13 |
Buddhist monks from Kyōto's Enryaku Temple set fire to 21 Nichiren temples throughout Kyoto in the Tenbun Hokke Disturbance. (Traditional Japanese date: July 27, 1536). |
Sep 8 |
Earl of Nassau disbands siege of Peronne |
Oct 20 |
Danish/Norw king Christian III leads reform in Catholic possessions |
Dec 22 |
English scholar Reginald Pole appointed cardinal |
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