1534
Events May 10 - Jacques Cartier explores Newfoundland while searching for the Northwest Passage. June 9 - Jacques Cartier is the first European to discover the St. Lawrence River. July 7 - First known exchange between Europeans and natives of the Gulf of St. Lawrence, in New Brunswick. Cambridge University Press given Royal Charter by Henry VIII and becomes the first of the privileged pressesHenry VIII angry at the Pope's refusal to grant divorce from Catherine of Aragon, Henry declares himself Supreme Head of the English church a.k.a. the Anglican Church or Church of EnglandPublication of Gargantua by François RabelaisThe Anabaptists seize control of MünsterMartin Luther's translation of the New Testament into German appears
BirthsJune 23- Oda Nobunaga, Japanese warlord (daimyo) (d. 1582)July 1 - King Frederick II of DenmarkSeptember 24 - Guru Ram Das, fourth Sikh Guru (d. 1581)
DeathsMarch 5 - Antonio da Correggio, Italian painter (b. 1489)April 20 - Elizabeth Barton Christian prophet, executedSeptember 25 - Pope Clement VIILambert Simnel, former Pretender to the throne of England, claiming to be Edward, Earl of Warwick (estimated date).
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