1535
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January 18 -
Lima,
Peru founded by
Francisco Pizarro.
*
April -
Jacques Cartier discovers the
Iroquois city of
Stadacona,
Canada (now
Quebec) and in
May, the even greater
Huron city of
Hochelaga.
*
May 19 -
French explorer Jacques Cartier sets sail for his second voyage to
North America with 3 ships, 110 men, and
Chief Donnacona's 2 sons (who Cartier kidnapped during his first voyage).
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June 24 - The
Anabaptist state of
Münster (see
Münster Rebellion) is conquered and disbanded.
*
July 6 -
Sir Thomas More, author of
Utopia and one time
Lord Chancellor of
England, is executed for treason by King
Henry VIII after refusing to agree to Henrys' decision to separate the
English church from the
Roman Catholic church.
*
October 2 -
Jacques Cartier discovers
Montreal, Quebec.
*
October 4 - The first complete
English-language Bible is printed, with translations by
William Tyndale and
Miles Coverdale.
Unknown dates
* Combined
Swedish and
Danish fleets defeat the
Hanseatic navy.
*
Manco II appointed puppet
Inca Emperor by
Spanish Conquistadors.
* Second unsuccessful attempt by
Spanish forces to conquer
Yucatan.
*
Carlos Quinto conquers [[Tunis].]
*
Anabaptist rebellion in some cities in the
Netherlands, including a famous incident of seven men and five woman walking
nude in the streets of
Amsterdam.
* The
Charterhouse London is closed, as part of
Henry VIII's
Dissolution of the Monasteries.
*
February 11 -
Pope Gregory XIV (died
1591)
*
May 31 -
Alessandro Allori, Italian painter (died
1607)
*
June 2 -
Pope Leo XI (died
1605)
*
June 21 -
Leonhard Rauwolf, German physician and botanist (d.
1596)
*
July 22 -
Katarina Stenbock, queen of
Gustav I of Sweden (died
1621)
*
August 21 -
Shimazu Yoshihiro, Japanese samurai and warlord (died
1619)
*
September 6 -
Emanuel van Meteren, Flemish historian (died
1612)
*
October 16 -
Niwa Nagahide, Japanese warlord (died
1585)
*
James Hepburn, 4th Earl of Bothwell, consort of
Mary I of Scotland (died
1578)
*
Roger Dudley, British soldier (died
1590)
*
James Melville, English historian (died
1617)
*
Thomas North, English translator (died
1601)
*
Giaches de Wert, Flemish composer (died
1596)
See also :Category: 1535 births.*
February 18 -
Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa, German alchemist and occult writer (born
1486)
*
May 4 -
Saint John Houghton,
Saint Robert Lawrence,
Saint Augustine Webster, Prior and monks of the
London Charterhouse, along with
Saint Richard Reynolds, Bridgettine monk of Syon (executed)
*
June 22 -
John Fisher, Bishop of Rochester (executed)
*
July 6 - Sir
Thomas More, English lawyer, writer, and politician (executed) (born
1478)
*
July 11 - Elector
Joachim I of Brandenburg (born
1484)
*
August 10 -
Ippolito de' Medici, ruler of Florence (poisoned) (born
1509)
*
September 23 -
Catherine of Saxe-Lauenburg, queen of
Gustav I of Sweden (born
1513)
*
December 31 -
William Skeffington, Lord Deputy of Ireland (born
1465)
*
Jodocus Badius, pioneer of printing (born
1462)
*
Colin Campbell, 3rd Earl of Argyll, Scottish nobleman and soldier (born
1486)
*
Cangali khan, khan of Qasim and Kazan
*
George Nevill, 5th Baron Bergavenny (born
1469)
*
Wolter von Plettenberg, Master of Livonian Order
*
Bartolomeo Tromboncino, Italian composer (born
1470)
*
Feliks Zamoyski, Polish nobleman
See also :Category: 1535 deaths.
