Explore 133 historical events from 1530–1539.
Ippolito de' Medici was the only son of Giuliano di Lorenzo de' Medici, born out of wedlock to his mistress Pacifica Brandano.
Ippolito de' Medici, Italian cardinal (born 1509)
A sun dog or mock sun, also called a parhelion in atmospheric science, is an atmospheric optical phenomenon that consists of a bright spot to one or both sides of the Sun. Two sun …
Sun dogs were observed over Stockholm, Sweden, inspiring Vädersolstavlan, the oldest coloured depiction of the city
Jacques Cartier was a French maritime explorer from Brittany. Jacques Cartier was the first European to describe and map the Gulf of Saint Lawrence and the shores of the Saint Lawr…
Jacques Cartier visits Newfoundland
Jacques Cartier was a French maritime explorer from Brittany. Jacques Cartier was the first European to describe and map the Gulf of Saint Lawrence and the shores of the Saint Lawr…
Jacques Cartier is the first European to describe and map the Saint Lawrence River
Jacques Cartier was a French maritime explorer from Brittany. Jacques Cartier was the first European to describe and map the Gulf of Saint Lawrence and the shores of the Saint Lawr…
Jacques Cartier is the first European to reach Prince Edward Island
The election of Christian III as king of Denmark on 4 July 1534 was a landmark event for all of Denmark, and also had an effect on Norway's future relation with Denmark. It took pl…
Christian III is elected King of Denmark and Norway in the town of Rye.
Jacques Cartier was a French maritime explorer from Brittany. Jacques Cartier was the first European to describe and map the Gulf of Saint Lawrence and the shores of the Saint Lawr…
Jacques Cartier makes his first contact with aboriginal peoples in what is now Canada.
Jacques Cartier was a French maritime explorer from Brittany. Jacques Cartier was the first European to describe and map the Gulf of Saint Lawrence and the shores of the Saint Lawr…
French explorer Jacques Cartier plants a cross on the Gaspé Peninsula and takes possession of the territory in the…
Ignatius of Loyola, venerated as Saint Ignatius of Loyola, was a Spanish Basque Catholic priest and theologian, who, with six companions, founded the religious order of the Society…
Ignatius of Loyola and six classmates take initial vows, leading to the creation of the Society of Jesus in September…
William Harrison was an English clergyman, whose Description of England was produced as part of the publishing venture of a group of London stationers who produced Raphael Holinshe…
William Harrison, English clergyman (died 1593)
Oda Nobunaga was a Japanese samurai and daimyō and one of the leading figures of the Sengoku and Azuchi-Momoyama periods. He was the Tenka-bito and regarded as the first "Great U…
Oda Nobunaga, Japanese warlord (died 1582)
Frederick II was King of Denmark and Norway and Duke of Schleswig and Holstein from 1559 until his death in 1588.
Frederick II of Denmark (died 1588)
Myeongjong, personal name Yi Hwan, was the 13th monarch of Joseon. His father was King Jungjong and his mother was Queen Munjeong, the elder sister of Yun Won-hyeong. He ascended t…
Myeongjong of Joseon, Ruler of Korea (died 1567)
Zacharias Ursinus was a German Reformed theologian and Protestant reformer. He became the leading theologian of the Reformed Protestant movement of the Palatinate, serving both at …
Zacharius Ursinus, German theologian (died 1583)
Elizabeth Barton, known as "The Nun of Kent", "The Holy Maid of London", "The Holy Maid of Kent" and later "The Mad Maid of Kent", was an English Catholic nun. She was executed as …
Elizabeth Barton, English nun and martyr (born 1506)
Juana de la Cruz Vázquez y Gutiérrez, TOR,, was a Spanish abbess of the Franciscan Third Order Regular. Known to be a mystic, she was authorized to preach publicly, an extraordinar…
Juana de la Cruz Vazquez Gutierrez, Spanish Roman Catholic nun and venerable (born 1481)
Thomas Cajetan, also known as Gaetanus or Cajetanus, commonly Tommaso de Vio or Thomas de Vio, was an Italian philosopher, theologian, the Master of the Order of Preachers 1508 to …
Thomas Cajetan, Italian cardinal and philosopher (born 1470)
Fra' Philippe de Villiers de L'Isle-Adam was a prominent member of the Knights Hospitaller at Rhodes and later Malta. Having risen to the position of Prior of the Langue of Auvergn…
Philippe Villiers de L'Isle-Adam, 44th Grandmaster of the Knights Hospitaller (born 1464)
Henry VIII was King of England and Lord of Ireland from 22 April 1509, and King of Ireland from 18 June 1542, until his death in 1547.
The marriage of King Henry VIII to Catherine of Aragon is declared null and void
The archbishop of Canterbury is the senior bishop and primate of the Church of England. They are the diocesan bishop of the diocese of Canterbury and the metropolitan of the provin…
The Archbishop of Canterbury, Thomas Cranmer, declares the marriage of King Henry VIII of England to Anne Boleyn valid
Anne Boleyn was Queen of England from 1533 to 1536, as the second wife of King Henry VIII. The circumstances of her marriage and execution, by beheading for treason, made her a key…
Anne Boleyn is crowned Queen of England
William the Silent or William the Taciturn, more commonly known in the Netherlands as William of Orange, was the leader of the Dutch revolt against the Spanish Habsburgs that set o…
William I of Orange, founding father of the Netherlands (died 1584)
Philip II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, a member of the House of Welf, was the last ruler of the Principality of Grubenhagen from 1595 until his death. When he died in 1596, the Gru…
Philip II, Duke of Brunswick-Grubenhagen (died 1596)
Martín de Rada was one of the first members of the Order of Saint Augustine (OSA) to spread the Christian doctrine in the Philippines, as well as one of the first Christian mission…
Martín de Rada, Spanish missionary (died 1578)