February 11 » Henry VIII of England is recognized as supreme head of the Church of England.
May 10 » Jacques Cartier visits Newfoundland.
June 29 » Jacques Cartier is the first European to reach Prince Edward Island.
July 7 » Jacques Cartier makes his first contact with aboriginal peoples in what is now Canada.
October 17 » Anti-Catholic posters appear in Paris and other cities supporting Huldrych Zwingli's position on the Mass.
November 3 » English Parliament passes the first Act of Supremacy, making King Henry VIII head of the Anglican Church, supplanting the pope and the Roman Catholic Church.
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