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Years:
1530
1531
1532
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1533
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1534
1535
1536
Decades
:
1500s
1510s
1520s
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1530s
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1540s
1550s
1560s
Centuries
:
15th century
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16th century
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17th century
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Events
January 25
- King
Henry VIII of England
marries
Anne Boleyn
, his second Queen consort.
March 30
-
Thomas Cranmer
becomes
Archbishop of Canterbury
May 23
- King
Henry VIII of England
marriage with
Catherine of Aragon
officially declared annulled. Catherine refuses to accept and continues to believe herself the wife of Henry till her death.
June 1
-
Henry VIII of England
's new wife,
Anne Boleyn
, is crowned as
queen
.
July 11
Henry VIII is
excommunicated
by
Pope Clement VII
Russia
,
Ivan IV
succeeds his father
Vasili III
as Grand Prince of Muscovy at 3 years old.
Peru
,
Inca
Atahualpa
pays
Francisco Pizarro
ransom of approx. $100 million in gold; Pizarro executes him anyway.
Peace treaty divides
Hungary
between
Suleiman I
and King
Ferdinand
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Births
February 28
-
Michel de Montaigne
, French author of Essays.
April 24
-
William of Orange
(
Dutch
: Willem van Oranje) leader of Netherlands.
September 7
- Princess Elizabeth Tudor, later Queen
Elizabeth I of England
.
December 13
- King
Eric XIV of Sweden
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Deaths
Lucas van Leyden
artist
Grand Prince Vasili III of Muscovy