February 11 » Henry VIII of England is recognized as supreme head of the Church of England.
July 4 » Christian III is elected King of Denmark and Norway in the town of Rye.
July 7 » Jacques Cartier makes his first contact with aboriginal peoples in what is now Canada.
October 17 » Anti-Catholic posters appear in Paris and other cities supporting Huldrych Zwingli's position on the Mass.
November 3 » English Parliament passes the first Act of Supremacy, making King Henry VIII head of the Anglican Church, supplanting the pope and the Roman Catholic Church.
December 6 » The city of Quito in Ecuador is founded by Spanish settlers led by Sebastián de Belalcázar.
July 20 » During the first Japanese invasion of Korea, Japanese forces led by Toyotomi Hideyoshi captured Pyongyang, although they were ultimately unable to hold it.
August 14 » The first sighting of the Falkland Islands by John Davis.
August 15 » Imjin War: At the Battle of Hansan Island, the Korean Navy, led by Yi Sun-sin, Yi Eok-gi, and Won Gyun, decisively defeats the Japanese Navy, led by Wakisaka Yasuharu.
November 3 » The city of San Luis Potosí is founded.
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