March 27 » Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de León reaches the northern end of The Bahamas on his first voyage to Florida.
April 2 » Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de León first sights land in what is now the United States state of Florida.
June 6 » Battle of Novara. In the Italian Wars, Swiss troops defeat the French under Louis II de la Trémoille, forcing them to abandon Milan; Duke Massimiliano Sforza is restored.
August 16 » Battle of the Spurs (Battle of Guinegate): King Henry VIII of England and his Imperial allies defeat French Forces who are then forced to retreat.
September 9 » James IV of Scotland is defeated and dies in the Battle of Flodden, ending Scotland's involvement in the War of the League of Cambrai.
October 7 » War of the League of Cambrai: Spain defeats Venice.
April 27 » Combined forces of Spain and the Papal States defeat a French and Venetian army at the Battle of Bicocca.
June 26 » Ottomans begin the second Siege of Rhodes.
September 6 » The Victoria returns to Sanlúcar de Barrameda in Spain, the only surviving ship of Ferdinand Magellan's expedition and the first known ship to circumnavigate the world.
September 8 » Magellan–Elcano circumnavigation: Victoria arrives at Seville, technically completing the first circumnavigation.
April 1 » In the Eighty Years' War, the Watergeuzen capture Brielle from the Seventeen Provinces, gaining the first foothold on land for what would become the Dutch Republic.
July 9 » Nineteen Catholics suffer martyrdom for their beliefs in the Dutch town of Gorkum.
August 18 » Marriage in Paris, France, of the Huguenot King Henry III of Navarre to Margaret of Valois, in a supposed attempt to reconcile Protestants and Catholics.
August 23 » French Wars of Religion: Mob violence against thousands of Huguenots in Paris results in the St. Bartholomew's Day massacre.
October 20 » Eighty Years' War: Three thousand Spanish soldiers wade through fifteen miles of water in one night to effect the relief of Goes.
November 11 » Tycho Brahe observes the supernova SN 1572.
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