January 26 » Vicente Yáñez Pinzón becomes the first European to set foot on Brazil.
February 17 » Duke Friedrich and Duke Johann attempt to subdue the peasantry of Dithmarschen, Denmark, in the Battle of Hemmingstedt.
March 9 » The fleet of Pedro Álvares Cabral leaves Lisbon for the Indies. The fleet will discover Brazil which lies within boundaries granted to Portugal in the Treaty of Tordesillas.
April 10 » Ludovico Sforza is captured by Swiss troops at Novara and is handed over to the French.
November 11 » Treaty of Granada: Louis XII of France and Ferdinand II of Aragon agree to divide the Kingdom of Naples between them.
December 24 » A joint Venetian–Spanish fleet captures the Castle of St. George on the island of Cephalonia.
January 6 » King Henry VIII of England marries Anne of Cleves.
March 23 » Waltham Abbey is surrendered to King Henry VIII of England; the last religious community to be closed during the Dissolution of the Monasteries.
May 9 » Hernando de Alarcón sets sail on an expedition to the Gulf of California.
July 28 » Thomas Cromwell is executed at the order of Henry VIII of England on charges of treason. Henry marries his fifth wife, Catherine Howard, on the same day.
August 15 » Arequipa, Peru is founded.
September 27 » The Society of Jesus (Jesuits) receives its charter from Pope Paul III.
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