May 2 » Anne Boleyn, Queen of England, is arrested and imprisoned on charges of adultery, incest, treason and witchcraft.
May 6 » The Siege of Cuzco commences, in which Incan forces attempt to retake the city of Cuzco from the Spanish.
May 15 » Anne Boleyn, Queen of England, stands trial in London on charges of treason, adultery and incest; she is condemned to death by a specially-selected jury.
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.
May 30 » King Henry VIII of England marries Jane Seymour, a lady-in-waiting to his first two wives.
January 6 » The Union of Arras unites the southern Netherlands under the Duke of Parma (Ottavio Farnese), governor in the name of King Philip II of Spain.
January 23 » The Union of Utrecht forms a Protestant republic in the Netherlands.
February 6 » The Archdiocese of Manila is made a diocese by a papal bull with Domingo de Salazar being its first bishop.
June 17 » Sir Francis Drake claims a land he calls Nova Albion (modern California) for England.
July 8 » Our Lady of Kazan, a holy icon of the Russian Orthodox Church, is discovered underground in the city of Kazan, Tatarstan.
October 19 » James VI of Scotland is celebrated as an adult ruler by a festival in Edinburgh.
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