February 11 » Henry VIII of England is recognized as supreme head of the Church of England.
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.
July 24 » French explorer Jacques Cartier plants a cross on the Gaspé Peninsula and takes possession of the territory in the name of Francis I of France.
August 15 » Ignatius of Loyola and six classmates take initial vows, leading to the creation of the Society of Jesus in September 1540.
December 6 » The city of Quito in Ecuador is founded by Spanish settlers led by Sebastián de Belalcázar.
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