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| Birth Blount, Elizabeth |  |
| Blackmore Birth of Henry Fitzroy, son of Elizabeth Blount & Henry VIII
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| Birth Fitzroy, Henry | |
| Blackmore Birth of Henry Fitzroy, son of Elizabeth Blount & Henry VIII
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| Birth Henry VIII | |
| Blackmore Birth of Henry Fitzroy, son of Elizabeth Blount & Henry VIII
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| Birth Catherine de Medici |  |
| Birth of Catherine de Medici
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| Birth Francis of Guise | |
| 17th Feb Bar le Duc Birth of Francis II, Prince of Joinville, Duke of Guise, Duke of Aumale
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| Birth Henry II | |
| Birth of Henry II, son of Francis I
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| Chief Justice Ernle, John | |
| Appointed Chief Justice of the Common Pleas
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| Circumnavigation Magellan, Ferdinand |  |
| 29th Sep Embarks on a voyage to circumnavigate the World
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| Death Maximilian I |  |
| 12th Jan Wels Castle Death of Maximilian I
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| Death Vinci, Leonardo da |  |
| 2nd May Ambroise Death of Leonardo da Vinci, age 67
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| Discovery of Mexico City Cortez, Hernan del |  |
| 8th Nov Mexico City Enter the Aztec capital Tenochtitlan, later Mexico City
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| Discovery of Mexico Cortez, Hernan del | |
| Vera Cruz Cortez lands at Vera Cruz
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| Discovery of Tenochtitlan Cortez, Hernan del | |
| 8th Nov Tenochtitlan Enter the Aztec capital Tenochtitlan, later Mexico City
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| Discovery of Vera Cruz Cortez, Hernan del | |
| Vera Cruz Cortez lands at Vera Cruz
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| Invasion of Mexico Cortez, Hernan del | |
| Vera Cruz Cortez lands at Vera Cruz
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| Mayor Pizarro, Francisco | |
| Appointed Mayor of Panama
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| Privy Council Kingston, William | |
| May Appointed Member of the Privy Council
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| Privy Council Weston, Richard | |
| May Appointed Member of the Privy Council
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| Privy Council Wingfield, Richard | |
| May Appointed Member of the Privy Council
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| Publication Luther, Martin | |
| Publication of, "An Address to the Nobility of the German Nation"
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| Publication of, "On the Babyonian Captivity of the Church of God"
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| Publication of, "On the Freedom of a Christian Man"
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| Purge Wolsey, Thomas | |
| May London Wolsey purges the Privy Council of his rivals
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| Rebellion Luther, Martin | |
| Luther admits to holding the same views as John Huss, a heretic
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| Luther wants Germany to be liberated from the clergy by the Princes
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| States the clergy should be deprived of their privileges
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| Rebellion Leo X | |
| Luther wants Germany to be liberated from the clergy by the Princes
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| States the clergy should be deprived of their privileges
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| Rebellion Selim I the Grim |  |
| Anatolia Suppresses a religious rebellion in Anatolia
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| Suppresses a religious rebellion in Syria
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| Reform Henry VIII | |
| London The powers of jurisdiction of the Council & tribunals are given to the Star Chamber
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| Dec Orders Wolsey to reform his household & make it more profitable
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| Reform Wolsey, Thomas | |
| Oct London Delivers his policy for law enforcement before the Council
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| Oct London The powers of jurisdiction of the Council & tribunals are given to the Star Chamber
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| Rule of Zhengde |  |
| Builds a fortress in the northwest & moves his HQ there
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| Sale Indulgences Zwingli, Ulrich |  |
| Zurich Bans the sale of indulgences in Zurich
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| Sikhism Nanak |  |
| Nanak founds Sikhism, a combination of Hinduism and Buddhism. Sikhs revere 10 gurus "Be in the world, but not worldly"
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| Succession Jiajing | |
| Accepted as the heir, aged 12
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| Succession Francis I | |
| Paris Defeated in election for the Imperial throne by Charles I of Spain, Emperor Charles V
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| Succession Frederick III the Wise | |
| Instrumental in securing the election of Charles V as Emperor
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| Succession Charles V | |
| Succeeds as Holy Roman Emperor
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| 28th June Succeeds as Holy Roman Emperor
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| Tomb Henry VIII | |
| Windsor Commissions Pietro Torrigiano to build him a majestic tomb
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| Trial Luther, Martin | |
| Luther is summoned to Rome on a charge of heresy for implying the Pope is fallible
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| Rome Luther is forced to deny the divine authority of the Church
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| Rome Luther is summoned to Rome on a charge of heresy for implying the Pope is fallible
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| Trial Leo X | |
| Rome Luther is summoned to Rome on a charge of heresy for implying the Pope is fallible
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