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.
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 16 » Grand Duke Ivan IV of Muscovy becomes the first Tsar of Russia, replacing the 264-year-old Grand Duchy of Moscow with the Tsardom of Russia.
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.
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