April 11 » War of the League of Cambrai: French forces led by Gaston de Foix win the Battle of Ravenna.
August 10 » The naval Battle of Saint-Mathieu, during the War of the League of Cambrai, sees the simultaneous destruction of the Breton ship La Cordelière and the English ship The Regent.
October 19 » Martin Luther becomes a doctor of theology.
October 21 » Martin Luther joins the theological faculty of the University of Wittenberg.
November 1 » The ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, painted by Michelangelo, is exhibited to the public for the first time.
December 27 » The Spanish Crown issues the Laws of Burgos, governing the conduct of settlers with regard to native Indians in the New World.
February 19 » The Peruvian stratovolcano Huaynaputina explodes in the most violent eruption in the recorded history of South America.
March 20 » The Linköping Bloodbath takes place on Maundy Thursday in Linköping, Sweden: five Swedish noblemen are publicly beheaded in the aftermath of the War against Sigismund (1598–1599).
August 5 » The Gowrie Conspiracy against King James VI of Scotland (later to become King James I of England) takes place.
August 23 » Battle of Gifu Castle: The eastern forces of Tokugawa Ieyasu defeat the western Japanese clans loyal to Toyotomi Hideyori, leading to the destruction of Gifu Castle and serving as a prelude to the Battle of Sekigahara.
October 6 » Euridice, the earliest surviving opera, receives its première performance, beginning the Baroque period.
October 21 » Tokugawa Ieyasu defeats the leaders of rival Japanese clans in the Battle of Sekigahara and becomes shōgun of Japan.
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