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 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.
September 20 » Ferdinand Magellan sets sail from Sanlúcar de Barrameda with about 270 men on his expedition to circumnavigate the globe.
November 8 » Hernán Cortés enters Tenochtitlán and Aztec ruler Moctezuma welcomes him with a great celebration.
January 6 » The first European school of higher learning in the Americas, Colegio de Santa Cruz de Tlatelolco, is founded by Viceroy Antonio de Mendoza and Bishop Juan de Zumárraga in Mexico City.
April 5 » Royal Entry of Charles V into Rome: The last Roman triumph.
May 2 » Anne Boleyn, Queen of England, is arrested and imprisoned on charges of adultery, incest, treason and witchcraft.
May 17 » George Boleyn, 2nd Viscount Rochford and four other men are executed for treason.
May 30 » King Henry VIII of England marries Jane Seymour, a lady-in-waiting to his first two wives.
August 13 » Buddhist monks from Kyoto, Japan's Enryaku-ji temple set fire to 21 Nichiren temples throughout in what will be known as the Tenbun Hokke Disturbance. (Traditional Japanese date: 27th day of the 7th month of the 5th year of the Tenbun (天文) era).
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