Explore 179 historical events from 1530–1539.
The union of the Duchy of Brittany with the Crown of France was the culmination of a political process begun at the end of the 15th century in the wake of the Mad War. It resulted …
Union of Brittany and France: The Duchy of Brittany is absorbed into the Kingdom of France.
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…
Lady Anne Boleyn is made Marquess of Pembroke by her fiancé, King Henry VIII of England.
Sir Thomas Lucy was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1571 and 1585. He was a magistrate in Warwickshire, but is best known for his links to William Shakespe…
Thomas Lucy, English politician (died 1600)
Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester was an English statesman and the favourite of Elizabeth I from her accession until his death. He was a suitor for the queen's hand for many yea…
Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester, English politician (died 1588)
William IV of Hesse-Kassel, also called William the Wise, was the first Landgrave of the Landgraviate of Hesse-Kassel. He was the founder of the oldest line, which survives to this…
William IV, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel (died 1573)
Alphonsus Rodríguez was a Spanish Jesuit religious brother who is venerated as a saint in the Catholic Church.
Alphonsus Rodriguez, Jesuit lay brother and saint (died 1617)
Francisco de Toledo was a Spanish Jesuit priest and theologian, Biblical exegete and professor at the Roman College. He is the first Jesuit to have been made a cardinal.
Francisco de Toledo, Catholic cardinal (died 1596)
John, known as John the Steadfast or John the Constant, was Elector of Saxony from 1525 until 1532. He belonged to the House of Wettin.
John, Elector of Saxony (born 1468)
William Warham was Archbishop of Canterbury from 1503 until his death in 1532.
William Warham, Archbishop of Canterbury (born 1450)
Jan Gossaert was a French-speaking painter from the Low Countries also known as Jan Mabuse or Jennyn van Hennegouwe (Hainaut), as he called himself when he matriculated in the Guil…
Jan Mabuse, Flemish painter
The canton of Zurich is an administrative unit (canton) of Switzerland, situated in the northeastern part of the country. With a population of 1,553,423, it is the most populous ca…
The five Catholic cantons defeat the Protestant canton of Zurich in the battle of Kappel.
The Ethiopian–Adal War, also known as the Abyssinian–Adal War and Futūḥ Al-Ḥabaša, was a war fought between the Christian Ethiopian Empire and the Muslim Adal Sultanate from 1529 t…
Abyssinian–Adal war: The Adal Sultanate seizes southern Ethiopia.
Archduchess Maria of Austria was the daughter of Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor from the House of Habsburg and Anna of Bohemia and Hungary.
Maria of Austria, Duchess of Jülich-Cleves-Berg (died 1581)[citation needed]
Thado Minsaw was viceroy of Ava (Inwa) from 1555 to 1584 during the reigns of kings Bayinnaung and Nanda of Toungoo Dynasty of Burma (Myanmar). He fought alongside his brothers Bay…
Thado Minsaw of Ava, Viceroy of Ava (died 1584)
Antoine de Créqui Canaples (1531–1574) was a French Roman Catholic bishop and cardinal.
Antoine de Créqui Canaples, Roman Catholic cardinal (died 1574)
Leonard Thurneysser was a Swiss-German scholar and miracle doctor at the court of Elector John George of Brandenburg.
Leonhard Thurneysser, scholar at the court of the Elector of Brandenburg (died 1595)
Francesco Cattani da Diacceto, often referred to as Francesco Cattani da Diacceto il Giovane in order to distinguish him from his grandfather, the philosopher Francesco di Zanobi C…
Francesco Cattani da Diacceto, Bishop of Fiesole (died 1595)
Jan Łaski was a Polish nobleman, Grand Chancellor of the Crown (1503–10), diplomat, from 1490 secretary to Poland's King Casimir IV Jagiellon and from 1508 coadjutor to the Archbis…
Jan Łaski, Polish archbishop and diplomat (born 1456)
Tilman Riemenschneider was a German woodcarver and sculptor active in Würzburg from 1483. A master in limewood and stone, he was one of the most prolific and versatile sculptors of…
Tilman Riemenschneider, German sculptor (born 1460)
Hosokawa Takakuni was the most powerful military commander in the Muromachi period under Ashikaga Yoshiharu, the twelfth shōgun. His father was Hosokawa Masaharu, a member of the b…
Hosokawa Takakuni, Japanese commander (born 1484)
Louis de Brézé, Seigneur d'Anet and Count of Maulévrier, was a French nobleman, the grandson of King Charles VII of France through his illegitimate daughter, born from his relation…
Louis de Brézé, French husband of Diane de Poitiers
Louise of Savoy was a French noble and regent, Duchess suo jure of Auvergne and Bourbon, Duchess of Nemours and the mother of King Francis I and Marguerite of Navarre. She was poli…
Louise of Savoy, French regent (born 1476)
Huldrych Zwingli was a Swiss Christian theologian, musician, and leader of the Reformation in Switzerland. Born during a time of emerging Swiss patriotism and increasing criticism …
Huldrych Zwingli, Swiss pastor and theologian (born 1484)
The diets of Augsburg were the meetings of the Imperial Diet of the Holy Roman Empire held in the German city of Augsburg. Both an Imperial City and the residence of the Augsburg p…
At the Diet of Augsburg the Augsburg Confession is presented to the Holy Roman Emperor by the Lutheran princes and Elect