1535
Years:
1532 1533 1534 - 1535 - 1536 1537 1538Decades:
1500s 1510s 1520s - 1530s - 1540s 1550s 1560sCenturies:
15th century - 16th century - 17th century
Events
- 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 (now Montreal)
- June 24 - The Anabaptist state of Münster (see Münster Rebellion) is conquered and disbanded.
- 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).
- 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.
- 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 VIIIs Dissolution of the Monasteries.
Births
- 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)
Deaths
- February 18 - Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa, German alchemist and occult writer (born 1486)
- 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
- Saint John Houghton, Prior of the London Charterhouse (executed)
- George Nevill, 5th Baron Bergavenny (born 1469)
- Wolter von Plettenberg, Master of Livonian Order
- Bartolomeo Tromboncino, Italian composer (born 1470)
- Feliks Zamoyski, Polish nobleman