January 24 » King Henry VIII of England suffers an accident while jousting, leading to a brain injury that historians say may have influenced his later erratic behaviour and possible impotence.
February 2 » Spaniard Pedro de Mendoza founds Buenos Aires, Argentina.
April 5 » Royal Entry of Charles V into Rome: The last Roman triumph.
May 6 » King Henry VIII orders English-language Bibles be placed in every church. In 1539 the Great Bible would be provided for this purpose.
May 17 » George Boleyn, 2nd Viscount Rochford and four other men are executed for treason.
May 19 » Anne Boleyn, the second wife of Henry VIII of England, is beheaded for adultery, treason, and incest.
January 7 » Galileo Galilei makes his first observation of the four Galilean moons: Ganymede, Callisto, Io and Europa, although he is not able to distinguish the last two until the following day.
May 14 » Henry IV of France is assassinated by Catholic zealot François Ravaillac, and Louis XIII ascends the throne.
July 4 » The Battle of Klushino is fought between forces of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and Russia during the Polish–Muscovite War.
July 5 » John Guy sets sail from Bristol with 39 other colonists for Newfoundland.
August 9 » The First Anglo-Powhatan War begins in colonial Virginia.
October 17 » French king Louis XIII is crowned in Reims Cathedral.
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