January 6 » The first European school of higher learning in the Americas, Colegio de Santa Cruz de Tlatelolco, is founded by Viceroy Antonio de Mendoza and Bishop Juan de Zumárraga in Mexico City.
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.
May 17 » Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn's marriage is annulled.
May 19 » Anne Boleyn, the second wife of Henry VIII of England, is beheaded for adultery, treason, and incest.
July 25 » Sebastián de Belalcázar on his search of El Dorado founds the city of Santiago de Cali.
August 13 » Buddhist monks from Kyoto, Japan's Enryaku-ji temple set fire to 21 Nichiren temples throughout in what will be known as the Tenbun Hokke Disturbance. (Traditional Japanese date: 27th day of the 7th month of the 5th year of the Tenbun (天文) era).
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