May 16 » Sir Thomas More resigns as Lord Chancellor of England.
June 23 » Henry VIII of England and Francis I of France sign the "Treaty of Closer Amity With France" (also known as the Pommeraye treaty), pledging mutual aid against Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor.
August 13 » Union of Brittany and France: The Duchy of Brittany is absorbed into the Kingdom of France.
September 1 » Lady Anne Boleyn is made Marquess of Pembroke by her fiancé, King Henry VIII of England.
November 15 » Commanded by Francisco Pizarro, Spanish conquistadors under Hernando de Soto meet Inca Empire leader Atahualpa for the first time outside Cajamarca, arranging a meeting on the city plaza the following day.
November 16 » Francisco Pizarro and his men capture Inca Emperor Atahualpa at the Battle of Cajamarca.
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.
June 24 » The Dominion of Münster, a radical communal Anabaptist state in the independent German city of Münster, is conquered by Franz von Waldeck, the Catholic Prince-Bishopric of Münster in a night attack.
July 6 » Sir Thomas More is executed for treason against King Henry VIII of England.
October 4 » The Coverdale Bible is printed, with translations into English by William Tyndale and Myles Coverdale.
January 16 » The first edition of El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha (Book One of Don Quixote) by Miguel de Cervantes is published in Madrid, Spain.
August 8 » The city of Oulu, Finland, is founded by Charles IX of Sweden.
September 27 » The armies of Sweden are defeated by the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth in the Battle of Kircholm.
November 5 » Gunpowder Plot: Guy Fawkes is arrested.
November 8 » Robert Catesby, ringleader of the Gunpowder Plotters, is killed.
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