January 26 » Battle of Talikota, fought between the Vijayanagara Empire and the Deccan sultanates, leads to the subjugation, and eventual destruction of the last Hindu kingdom in India, and the consolidation of Islamic rule over much of the Indian subcontinent.
March 1 » The city of Rio de Janeiro is founded.
April 27 » Cebu is established becoming the first Spanish settlement in the Philippines.
May 18 » The Great Siege of Malta begins, in which Ottoman forces attempt and fail to conquer Malta.
June 23 » Dragut, commander of the Ottoman navy, dies during the Great Siege of Malta.
September 8 » The Knights of Malta lift the Ottoman siege of Malta that began on May 18.
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