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.
June 28 » Charles V is elected Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire.
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 2 » Anne Boleyn, Queen of England, is arrested and imprisoned on charges of adultery, incest, treason and witchcraft.
May 6 » King Henry VIII orders English-language Bibles be placed in every church. In 1539 the Great Bible would be provided for this purpose.
May 19 » Anne Boleyn, the second wife of Henry VIII of England, is beheaded for adultery, treason, and incest.
July 25 » Sebastián de Belalcázar on his search of El Dorado founds the city of Santiago de Cali.
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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