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Events
May 10
-
Jacques Cartier
explores
Newfoundland
while searching for the
Northwest Passage
.
June 9
-
Jacques Cartier
is the first European to discover the
St. Lawrence River
.
July 7
- First known exchange between Europeans and natives of the
Gulf of St. Lawrence
, in
New Brunswick
.
Cambridge University Press
given Royal Charter by
Henry VIII
and becomes the first of the
privileged presses
Henry VIII
angry at the Pope's refusal to grant divorce from
Catherine of Aragon
, Henry declares himself Supreme Head of the English church a.k.a. the
Anglican Church
or
Church of England
Publication of
Gargantua
by
Franois Rabelais
The
Anabaptists
seize control of
Mnster
Martin Luther
's translation of the
New Testament
into
German
appears
Births
June 23
-
Oda Nobunaga
,
Japanese
warlord (
daimyo
) (d.
1582
)
July 1
- King
Frederick II of Denmark
Deaths
March 5
-
Antonio da Correggio
, Italian painter (b.
1489
)
April 20
-
Elizabeth Barton
Christian prophet, executed
September 25
-
Pope Clement VII
Lambert Simnel
, former
Pretender
to the throne of
England
, claiming to be
Edward, Earl of Warwick
(estimated date).
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