April 2 » Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de León first sights land in what is now the United States state of Florida.
June 6 » Battle of Novara. In the Italian Wars, Swiss troops defeat the French under Louis II de la Trémoille, forcing them to abandon Milan; Duke Massimiliano Sforza is restored.
August 16 » Battle of the Spurs (Battle of Guinegate): King Henry VIII of England and his Imperial allies defeat French Forces who are then forced to retreat.
September 9 » James IV of Scotland is defeated and dies in the Battle of Flodden, ending Scotland's involvement in the War of the League of Cambrai.
September 25 » Spanish explorer Vasco Núñez de Balboa reaches what would become known as the Pacific Ocean.
October 7 » War of the League of Cambrai: Spain defeats Venice.
January 15 » King Francis I of France gives Jean-François Roberval a commission to settle the province of New France (Canada) and provide for the spread of the "Holy Catholic faith".
May 8 » Hernando de Soto stops near present-day Walls, Mississippi, and sees the Mississippi River (then known by the Spanish as Río de Espíritu Santo, the name given to it by Alonso Álvarez de Pineda in 1519).
June 26 » Francisco Pizarro is assassinated in Lima by the son of his former companion and later antagonist, Diego de Almagro the younger. Almagro is later caught and executed.
August 23 » French explorer Jacques Cartier lands near Quebec City in his third voyage to Canada.
August 29 » The Ottoman Turks capture Buda, the capital of the Hungarian Kingdom.
September 30 » Spanish conquistador Hernando de Soto and his forces enter Tula territory in present-day western Arkansas, encountering fierce resistance.
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