March 4 » Hernán Cortés arrives in Mexico in search of the Aztec civilization and its wealth.
April 22 » Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés establishes a settlement at Veracruz, Mexico.
July 10 » Zhu Chenhao declares the Ming dynasty's Zhengde Emperor a usurper, beginning the Prince of Ning rebellion, and leads his army north in an attempt to capture Nanjing.
August 10 » Ferdinand Magellan's five ships set sail from Seville to circumnavigate the globe. The Basque second-in-command Juan Sebastián Elcano will complete the expedition after Magellan's death in the Philippines.
August 20 » Philosopher and general Wang Yangming defeats Zhu Chenhao, ending the Prince of Ning rebellion against the reign of the Ming dynasty's Zhengde Emperor.
November 8 » Hernán Cortés enters Tenochtitlán and Aztec ruler Moctezuma welcomes him with a great celebration.
April 5 » Royal Entry of Charles V into Rome: The last Roman triumph.
May 6 » The Siege of Cuzco commences, in which Incan forces attempt to retake the city of Cuzco from the Spanish.
May 15 » Anne Boleyn, Queen of England, stands trial in London on charges of treason, adultery and incest; she is condemned to death by a specially-selected jury.
May 17 » George Boleyn, 2nd Viscount Rochford and four other men are executed for treason.
May 17 » Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn's marriage is annulled.
July 25 » Sebastián de Belalcázar on his search of El Dorado founds the city of Santiago de Cali.
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