January 31 » The Treaty of Lyon ends the Italian War, confirming French domination of northern Italy, while Spain receives the Kingdom of Naples.
February 29 » Christopher Columbus uses his knowledge of a lunar eclipse that night to convince Jamaican natives to provide him with supplies.
July 2 » Bogdan III the One-Eyed becomes Voivode of Moldavia.
August 19 » In Ireland, the Hiberno-Norman de Burghs (Burkes) and Anglo-Norman Fitzgeralds fight in the Battle of Knockdoe.
September 8 » Michelangelo's David is unveiled in Piazza della Signoria in Florence.
December 8 » Ahmad ibn Abi Jum'ah penned his Oran fatwa, arguing for the relaxation of Islamic law requirements for the forcibly converted Muslims in Spain.
April 20 » Jacques Cartier begins his first voyage to what is today the east coast of Canada, Newfoundland and Labrador.
May 10 » Jacques Cartier visits Newfoundland.
July 4 » Christian III is elected King of Denmark and Norway in the town of Rye.
July 24 » French explorer Jacques Cartier plants a cross on the Gaspé Peninsula and takes possession of the territory in the name of Francis I of France.
August 15 » Ignatius of Loyola and six classmates take initial vows, leading to the creation of the Society of Jesus in September 1540.
November 3 » English Parliament passes the first Act of Supremacy, making King Henry VIII head of the Anglican Church, supplanting the pope and the Roman Catholic Church.
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