Battle of Bogesund
Jan 19 Battle of Bogesund: Christian II of Denmark defeats the Regent of Sweden, Sten Sture the Younger who is mortally wounded
- Jun 6 France and England sign treaty of Scotland
Field of the Cloth of Gold
Jun 7 Field of the Cloth of Gold; meeting begins between English Henry VIII and King Francis I of France at Balinghem, France
La Noche Triste
Jun 30 Spanish conquistadors are expelled from Tenochtitlan following an Aztec revolt against their rule under Hernán Cortés during "La Noche Triste" (the Night of Sadness). Many soldiers drown in the escape, and Aztec emperor Moctezuma II dies in the struggle.
- Jul 7 Hernán Cortés and the Tlaxcalans defeat a numerically superior Aztec force in the Battle of Otumba in Mexico
Treaty of Calais
Jul 10 King Charles V France and King Henry VIII of England sign Treaty of Calais
Suleiman the Magnificent
Sep 30 Suleiman the Magnificent succeeds his father Selam I as Ottoman Sultan (rules till 1566)
- Oct 7 1st public burning of books in the Netherlands, in Louvain
- Oct 15 King Henry VIII of England orders bowling lanes at Whitehall
Magellan Transits the Magellan Strait
Oct 21 Explorer Ferdinand Magellan and his fleet reach Cape Virgenes after transiting the Magellan Strait between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, becoming the first Europeans to sail into the Pacific [1]
- Oct 23 Holy Roman Emperor Charles V in crowned King of Germany
- Nov 4 Danish Norwegian King Christian II crowned King of Sweden
- Nov 8 Stockholm Bloodbath begins: A successful invasion of Sweden by Danish forces results in the execution of around 100 people.
- Nov 9 Height of the Stockholm Bloodbath - King Christian II of Denmark, Norway and Sweden executes Swedish nobles
- Nov 20 Friesland hit by heavy hail storm
- Nov 28 Portuguese navigator Ferdinand Magellan begins crossing the Pacific Ocean
Martin Luther Burns Papal Edit
Dec 10 Martin Luther publicly burns papal edict demanding he recant
Gregory I
Gregory XIII
Julius II
Julius III
Leo X
Pius V