January 6 » The first European school of higher learning in the Americas, Colegio de Santa Cruz de Tlatelolco, is founded by Viceroy Antonio de Mendoza and Bishop Juan de Zumárraga in Mexico City.
February 2 » Spaniard Pedro de Mendoza founds Buenos Aires, Argentina.
April 5 » Royal Entry of Charles V into Rome: The last Roman triumph.
May 17 » Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn's marriage is annulled.
May 19 » Anne Boleyn, the second wife of Henry VIII of England, is beheaded for adultery, treason, and incest.
August 13 » Buddhist monks from Kyoto, Japan's Enryaku-ji temple set fire to 21 Nichiren temples throughout in what will be known as the Tenbun Hokke Disturbance. (Traditional Japanese date: 27th day of the 7th month of the 5th year of the Tenbun (天文) era).
January 20 » Battle of Rio de Janeiro: Portuguese forces under the command of Estácio de Sá definitively drive the French out of Rio de Janeiro.
February 10 » Lord Darnley, second husband of Mary, Queen of Scots, is found strangled following an explosion at the Kirk o' Field house in Edinburgh, Scotland, a suspected assassination.
March 13 » The Battle of Oosterweel, traditionally regarded as the start of the Eighty Years' War.
May 15 » Mary, Queen of Scots marries James Hepburn, 4th Earl of Bothwell, her third husband.
May 24 » Erik XIV of Sweden and his guards murder five incarcerated Swedish nobles.
July 24 » Mary, Queen of Scots, is forced to abdicate and replaced by her 1-year-old son James VI.
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