April 16 » The Revolt of the Comuneros begins in Spain against the rule of Charles V.
June 15 » Pope Leo X threatens to excommunicate Martin Luther in Exsurge Domine.
September 30 » Suleiman the Magnificent is proclaimed sultan of the Ottoman Empire.
October 21 » João Álvares Fagundes discovers the islands of Saint Pierre and Miquelon, bestowing them their original name of "Islands of the 11,000 Virgins".
November 9 » More than 50 people are sentenced and executed in the Stockholm Bloodbath
November 28 » An expedition under the command of Ferdinand Magellan passes through the Strait of Magellan.
February 24 » Treaty of Nagyvárad between Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand I and King John Zápolya of Hungary and Croatia.
July 25 » The city of Guayaquil is founded by the Spanish Conquistador Francisco de Orellana and given the name Muy Noble y Muy Leal Ciudad de Santiago de Guayaquil.
August 6 » Bogotá, Colombia, is founded by Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada.
September 28 » Ottoman–Venetian War: The Ottoman Navy scores a decisive victory over a Holy League fleet in the Battle of Preveza.
October 28 » The Universidad Santo Tomás de Aquino is founded in what is now the Dominican Republic.
December 17 » Pope Paul III excommunicates Henry VIII of England.
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