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Events
April 11
-
Battle of Ceresole
- French forces under the Comte d'Enghien defeat Imperial forces under the Marques Del Vasto near
Turin
.
May
-
Emperor Charles V
again invades eastern France
June 19
-
August 18
- Imperial siege of
St. Dizier
in eastern France
July 19
-
September 14
- English forces under
Henry VIII
besiege and capture Boulogne
.
September 18
-
Peace of Crpy
- Peace between Charles and Francis. The war between France and England continues.
October 9
- French forces under the
Dauphin
assault Boulogne, but are ultimately unsuccessful.
Italian
botanist
Luca Ghini
publishes the first
herbarium
Founding of the
University of Knigsberg
Hungary
is invaded by the Turks for the third time and gets robbed of the
crown jewels
First occurrence of
rats
in
North America
Gustav I of Sweden
signs an alliance with
France
Act of Succession:
Elizabeth
is restored to the
Line of Succession
to the throne of
England
Births
January 19
- King
Francis II of France
(d.
1560
)
March 11
-
Torquato Tasso
, Italian poet
May 24
-
William Gilbert
, English scientist,pioneer in the study of
magnetism
(†
1603
)
November 27
-
Ascanio Trombeti
, Italian composer
Deaths
April 30
-
Thomas Audley
, English
Lord Chancellor
September 25
-
Valerius Cordus
, German physician and scientist (*
1515
)
September 10
-
Clment Marot
, French poet
Clment Marot
, French poet (b.
1496
)
Manco Inca Yupanqui
, ruler of the
Inca
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