Mar 10 Bishop Tomás de Berlanga discovers Galápagos Islands

Aug 15 Asuncion, Paraguay founded

Aug 31 Pope Paul II deposed & excommunicated King Henry VIII

Feb 02 Argentine city of Buenos Aires is founded.

Feb 10 12 nude Anabaptists run through Amsterdam streets

Dec 25 French explorer Jacques Cartier and his crew celebrate Canada's first recorded Christmas at Stadacona.

Jul 01 Sir Thomas More went on trial in England charged with treason

Jul 06 Sir Thomas More executed in England for treason

Jul 06 Sir Thomas Moore beheaded for treason on Tower Hill, London

Jun 24 Anabaptists Protestants conquerered &disbanded

Jan 06 City of Lima Peru founded by Francisco Pizarro

Jan 06 City of Lima Peru founded by Francisco Pizarro

Jan 06 City of Lima (Peru) founded by Francisco Pizarro

Jan 18 The city of Lima, capital of present-day Peru, is founded by Spanish conquistadors on the central Pacific coast of South America.

Jan 18 Francisco Pizarro founds Lima Peru

Oct 02 Jacques Cartie‚r discovers Mount Royal (Monte‚al)