January 21 » Following the Affair of the Placards, the French king leads an anti-Protestant procession through Paris.
April 20 » The sun dog phenomenon is observed over Stockholm, as later depicted in the famous painting Vädersolstavlan.
May 19 » French explorer Jacques Cartier sets sail on his second voyage to North America with three ships, 110 men, and Chief Donnacona's two sons (whom Cartier had kidnapped during his first voyage).
June 1 » Combined forces loyal to Charles V attack and expel the Ottomans from Tunis during the Conquest of Tunis.
July 6 » Sir Thomas More is executed for treason against King Henry VIII of England.
October 2 » Jacques Cartier discovers the present site of Montreal.
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