February 10 » Vasco da Gama sets sail from Lisbon, Portugal, on his second voyage to India.
February 12 » Isabella I issues an edict outlawing Islam in the Crown of Castile, forcing virtually all her Muslim subjects to convert to Christianity.
June 15 » Christopher Columbus lands on the island of Martinique on his fourth voyage.
July 30 » Christopher Columbus lands at Guanaja in the Bay Islands off the coast of Honduras during his fourth voyage.
January 19 » Sten Sture the Younger, the Regent of Sweden, is mortally wounded at the Battle of Bogesund and dies on February 3.
July 1 » Spanish conquistadors led by Hernán Cortés fight their way out of Tenochtitlan after nightfall.
July 7 » Spanish conquistadores defeat a larger Aztec army at the Battle of Otumba.
September 30 » Suleiman the Magnificent is proclaimed sultan of the Ottoman Empire.
November 8 » Stockholm Bloodbath begins: A successful invasion of Sweden by Danish forces results in the execution of around 100 people mostly noblemen.
November 9 » More than 50 people are sentenced and executed in the Stockholm Bloodbath
April 19 » The Treaty of Frankfurt between Protestants and the Holy Roman Emperor is signed.
May 30 » In Florida, Hernando de Soto lands at Tampa Bay with 600 soldiers with the goal of finding gold.
June 3 » Hernando de Soto claims Florida for Spain.
June 10 » Council of Trent: Pope Paul III sends out letters to his bishops, delaying the Council due to war and the difficulty bishops had traveling to Venice.
October 6 » Spain's DeSoto expedition takes over the Apalachee capital of Anhaica for their winter quarters.
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