February 3 » Bartolomeu Dias of Portugal lands in Mossel Bay after rounding the Cape of Good Hope, becoming the first known European to travel so far south.
June 11 » Battle of Sauchieburn: Fought between rebel Lords and James III of Scotland, resulting in the death of the king.
September 9 » Anne becomes sovereign Duchess of Brittany, becoming a central figure in the struggle for influence that leads to the union of Brittany and France.
April 16 » The Revolt of the Comuneros begins in Spain against the rule of Charles V.
May 22 » The massacre at the festival of Tóxcatl takes place during the Fall of Tenochtitlan, resulting in turning the Aztecs against the Spanish.
July 7 » Spanish conquistadores defeat a larger Aztec army at the Battle of Otumba.
October 26 » Charles V is crowned as Holy Roman Emperor.
November 1 » The Strait of Magellan, the passage immediately south of mainland South America connecting the Pacific and the Atlantic Oceans, is first discovered and navigated by European explorer Ferdinand Magellan during the first recorded circumnavigation voyage.
November 8 » Stockholm Bloodbath begins: A successful invasion of Sweden by Danish forces results in the execution of around 100 people mostly noblemen.
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