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Events
- March 7 or 9 - At the Battle of Shimbra Kure, Imam Ahmad ibn Ibrihim al-Ghazi, with 200 men armed with matchlocks, defeats the army of Lebna Dengel, Emperor of Ethiopia.
- April 19 - At the Diet of Speyer, a group of rulers (German: Fürst) and independent cities (German: Reichsstadt) protests the reinstatement of the Edict of Worms, beginning the Protestant movement.
- April 22 - Treaty of Saragossa divides the eastern hemisphere between Spain and Portugal, stipulating that the dividing line should lie 297.5 leagues or 17° east of the Moluccas.
- May 10 - The Turkish army under Suleiman I leaves Constantinople to once again invade Hungary.
- August 5 - Emperor Charles V and Francis I of France sign the Treaty of Cambrai, or the "Ladies' Peace". Francis abandons his claims in Italy, but is allowed to retain Burgundy.
- September 8 - Recapture of Buda by the invading Turkish forces.
- September 8 - The city of Maracaibo in Venezuela is founded by Ambrosius Ehinger.
- September 23 - Vienna is besieged by Turkish forces.
- October 15 - With the season growing late, Suleiman abandons the siege.
Unknown dates
- Thomas Wolsey, Archbishop of York, fails to bring about the divorce and annulment Henry VIII had sought and is forced to resign.
- Aylesbury is granted the county town of Buckinghamshire in England by King Henry VIII.
- Stephen Báthory becomes governor of Transylvania.
- Boromrajathira IV succeeds Rama Thibodi II as king of Ayutthaya.
- Fluorine is first described by Georg Agricola.
- Giorgio Vasari visits Rome.
- Pietro Bembo becomes historiographer of Venice.
- Heinrich Bullinger becomes pastor of Bremgarten.
- Diet of Speyer takes place.
Births
- April 3 - Michael Neander, German mathematician and historian (d. 1581)
- June 7 - Étienne Pasquier, French lawyer and writer (died 1615)
- June 14 - Archduke Ferdinand II of Austria, regent of Tyrol and Further Austria (died 1595)
- Titu Cusi, Inca ruler of Vilcabamba (died 1571)
- Giambologna, Italian sculptor (died 1608)
- Franciscus Patricius, Italian philosopher and scientist (died 1597)
- Henry Sidney, lord deputy of Ireland (died 1586)
- Michal Wisniowiecki, prince at Wiśniowiec (died 1584)
- Taddeo Zuccaro, Italian painter (died 1566)
Deaths
- February 2 - Baldassare Castiglione, Italian writer and diplomat (born 1478)
- June 21 - John Skelton, English poet
- November 20 - Karl von Miltitz, papal nuncio (born ca. 1490)
- George Blaurock, Swiss founder of Anabaptist church (born 1491)
- Ludwig Haetzer, German protestant reformer (executed)
- Krishnadevaraya, Vijaynagar emperor
- Silvio Passerini, cardinal and lord of Florence (born 1469)
- Andrea Sansovino, Italian sculptor (born 1467)
- Lo Spagna, Italian painter
- Petrus Särkilahti, Finnish Lutheran and scientist
- Peter Vischer the Elder, German sculptor (born 1455)
- Wang Yangming, Chinese official (born 1472)
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