March 2 » The College of Arms is formally incorporated by Royal Charter signed by King Richard III of England.
March 26 » William Caxton prints his translation of Aesop's Fables.
July 6 » Portuguese sea captain Diogo Cão finds the mouth of the Congo River.
July 22 » Battle of Lochmaben Fair: A 500-man raiding party led by Alexander Stewart, Duke of Albany and James Douglas, 9th Earl of Douglas are defeated by Scots forces loyal to Albany's brother James III of Scotland; Douglas is captured.
August 29 » Pope Innocent VIII succeeds Pope Sixtus IV.
December 5 » Pope Innocent VIII issues the Summis desiderantes affectibus, a papal bull that deputizes Heinrich Kramer and Jacob Sprenger as inquisitors to root out alleged witchcraft in Germany.
January 3 » Pope Leo X excommunicates Martin Luther in the papal bull Decet Romanum Pontificem.
March 6 » Ferdinand Magellan arrives at Guam.
April 18 » Trial of Martin Luther begins its second day during the assembly of the Diet of Worms. He refuses to recant his teachings despite the risk of excommunication.
May 25 » The Diet of Worms ends when Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, issues the Edict of Worms, declaring Martin Luther an outlaw.
August 13 » After an extended siege, forces led by Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés capture Tlatoani Cuauhtémoc and conquer the Aztec capital of Tenochtitlan.
December 27 » The Zwickau prophets arrive in Wittenberg, disturbing the peace and preaching the Apocalypse.
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