Major Events
- Jan 17 Italian explorer Giovanni da Verrazzano's sets sail aboard French ship La Dauphine to find a passage to China - finds North America instead
- Mar 19 Giovanni de Varrazano, a Florentine explorer in the service of King Francis I of France, lands around area of Carolinas
- Apr 17 Florentine navigator Giovanni Verrazano on a voyage for France is the first European to discover New York harbour
- Apr 19 Pope Clement VII fires Dutch Inquisitor-General Frans Van der Hulst
- Apr 24 Charles III, Duke of Bourbon, on behalf of the Holy Roman Empire, drives the French led by Admiral Bonnivet out of Milan
- May 20 Duke of Albany leaves Scotland
- Jun 28 Charles III, Duke of Bourbon occupies Provence during his dispute with French King Francis I
- Jul 15 Emperor Charles I bans German national synode
- Jul 19 Peasants' War begins in Germany's Black Forest
- Jul 26 James V declared fit to govern by the Scottish Parliament at age 12
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- Jun 27 Earl Henry III of Nassau weds Mencia de Medoza, 16-years old marquess
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