1534
1534 (MDXXXIV) was a common year in the 16th century.
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February 27 - Group of
Anabaptists of
Jan Matthys seize
Münster and declare it "The New Little Jerusalem" - they begin to exile dissenters and forcible baptize all others
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May 10 -
Jacques Cartier explores
Newfoundland while searching for the
Northwest Passage.
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June 9 -
Jacques Cartier is the first European to discover the
St. Lawrence River.
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July 7 - First known exchange between Europeans and natives of the
Gulf of St. Lawrence, in
New Brunswick.
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Cambridge University Press given Royal Charter by
Henry VIII and becomes the first of the
privileged presses*
Henry VIII angry at the Pope's refusal to grant divorce from
Catherine of Aragon, Henry declares himself Supreme Head of the English church, the
Church of England. See also: The derivative but more widely spread:
Anglican Communion Church.
*Publication of
Gargantua by
François Rabelais*
Martin Luther's translation of the
New Testament into
German appears
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February 5 -
Giovanni de' Bardi, Italian writer, composer, and soldier (died
1612)
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June 23 -
Oda Nobunaga, Japanese warlord (died
1582)
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July 1 - King
Frederick II of Denmark (died
1588)
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July 18 -
Zacharius Ursinus, German theologian (died
1583)
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September 24 -
Guru Ram Das, fourth
Sikh Guru (died
1581)
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Lodovico Agostini, Italian composer (died
1590)
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William Harrison, English clergyman (died
1593)
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José de Anchieta, Spanish Jesuit missionary in Brazil (died
1597)
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Isaac Luria, Jewish scholar and mystic (died
1572)
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Henri Ier de Montmorency, Marshal of France (died
1614)
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Henry Herbert, 2nd Earl of Pembroke, statesman of the Elizabethan era (died
1601)
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Nicholas Remy, French Catholic priest (died
1600)
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Amy Robsart, wife of
Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester*
Paul Skalic, Croatian encyclopedist, humanist and adventurer (died
1573)
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Zofia Tarnowska, Polish noble lady (died
1570)
See also :Category: 1534 births.*
January 25 -
Magdalena of Saxony (born
1507)
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March 5 -
Antonio da Correggio, Italian painter (born
1488)
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April 20 -
Elizabeth Barton English nun (executed) (born
1506)
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August 9 -
Cardinal Cajetan, Italian theologian (born
1470)
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September 25 -
Pope Clement VII (born
1478)
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Johannes Aventinus, Bavarian historian and philologist (born
1477)
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István Báthory, Hungarian noble (born
1477)
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Edward Guilford, Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports (born
1474)
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Michal Glinski, Lithuanian prince
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Cesare Hercolani, Italian soldier (born
1499)
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William Blount, 4th Baron Mountjoy, scholar and patron
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Amago Okihisa, Japanese nobleman
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Antonio Pigafetta, Italian navigator (born
1491)
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Antonio da Sangallo the Elder, Florentine architect (born
1453)
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John Taylor, Master of the Rolls (born
1480)
See also :Category: 1534 deaths.
