February 10 » Vasco da Gama sets sail from Lisbon, Portugal, on his second voyage to India.
February 12 » Isabella I issues an edict outlawing Islam in the Crown of Castile, forcing virtually all her Muslim subjects to convert to Christianity.
June 15 » Christopher Columbus lands on the island of Martinique on his fourth voyage.
July 30 » Christopher Columbus lands at Guanaja in the Bay Islands off the coast of Honduras during his fourth voyage.
May 26 » Geneva expels John Calvin and his followers from the city. Calvin lives in exile in Strasbourg for the next three years.
July 25 » The city of Guayaquil is founded by the Spanish Conquistador Francisco de Orellana and given the name Muy Noble y Muy Leal Ciudad de Santiago de Guayaquil.
August 6 » Bogotá, Colombia, is founded by Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada.
September 28 » Ottoman–Venetian War: The Ottoman Navy scores a decisive victory over a Holy League fleet in the Battle of Preveza.
October 28 » The Universidad Santo Tomás de Aquino is founded in what is now the Dominican Republic.
December 17 » Pope Paul III excommunicates Henry VIII of England.
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