1536
EventsFebruary 2 - Spaniard Pedro de Mendoza founds Buenos Aires, Argentina. February 25 - Jacob Hutter burned in a stake for heresy May 19 - Execution of Anne Boleyn May 30 - Henry VIII of England marries Jane Seymour October 13 - The Pilgrimage of Grace, a rebellion in York, is "resolved" by Robert Aske October 29 - Coronation of Jane Seymour as the Queen of England - Wales is united with England by an Act of Union
- Manco Capac II revolts from Spanish rule in Peru
- Resumption of war between Francis I of France and Emperor Charles V. Francis ceases control of Savoy and captures Turin.
- Protestantism introduced in Denmark
- Portuguese Crown divides Brazil into fifteen donatory captaincies.
Births - March - Pope Clement VIII
- March 31 - Ashikaga Yoshiteru, Ashikaga shogun
- 26 December - the Confucian scholar Yi I (Yulgok) of Joseon
- Toyotomi Hideyoshi, Japanese kanpaku
Marriages - 30 May - Henry VIII of England and Jane Seymour.
Deaths - 7 January - Catherine of Aragon, queen of Henry VIII of England (b. 1485)
- 22 January - Bernhard Knipperdolling, Münster Rebellion leader
- 17 May - George Boleyn, Viscount Rochford, English diplomat
- 19 May - Anne Boleyn, queen of Henry VIII of England (executed)
- 18 June - Henry Fitzroy, 1st Duke of Richmond and Somerset, illegitimate son of Henry VIII of England (b. 1519)
- 12 July - Erasmus of Rotterdam, Dutch writer and philosopher
- September 25 - Johannes Secundus, Dutch poet (b. 1511)
- October 6 - William Tyndale, Protestant scholar (burned at the stake)
- December 21 - Sir John Seymour, English courtier
- Garcilaso de la Vega, Spanish poet (b. 1503)
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