January 8 » The first Lithuanian-language book, the Catechism of Martynas Mažvydas, is published in Königsberg.
January 13 » Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey, is sentenced to death for treason, on the grounds of having quartered his arms to make them similar to those of the King, Henry VIII of England.
January 28 » Edward VI, the nine-year-old son of Henry VIII, becomes King of England on his father's death.
February 20 » Edward VI of England is crowned King of England at Westminster Abbey.
April 24 » Battle of Mühlberg. Duke of Alba, commanding Spanish-Imperial forces of Charles I of Spain, defeats the troops of Schmalkaldic League.
September 10 » The Battle of Pinkie, the last full-scale military confrontation between England and Scotland, resulting in a decisive victory for the forces of Edward VI.
January 23 » James Stewart, 1st Earl of Moray, regent for the infant King James VI of Scotland, is assassinated by firearm, the first recorded instance of such.
May 20 » Cartographer Abraham Ortelius issues Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, the first modern atlas.
September 10 » Spanish Jesuit missionaries land in present-day Virginia to establish the short-lived Ajacán Mission.
November 1 » The All Saints' Flood devastates the Dutch coast.
February 21 » Mikhail I is unanimously elected Tsar by a national assembly, beginning the Romanov dynasty of Imperial Russia.
April 13 » Samuel Argall, having captured Native American princess Pocahontas in Passapatanzy, Virginia, sets off with her to Jamestown with the intention of exchanging her for English prisoners held by her father.
June 29 » The Globe Theatre in London, built by William Shakespeare's playing company, the Lord Chamberlain's Men, burns to the ground.
July 2 » The first English expedition (from Virginia) against Acadia led by Samuel Argall takes place.
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