Today in History for Year 1536

Months in Year 1536: January February March April May June July August September October December

Historical Events

Events 1 - 17 of 17

Jan 17th - Francois Rabelais absolved of apostasy by Pope Paul III
Feb 2nd - Pedro de Mendoza finds Argentine city of Buenos Aires
Feb 18th - France & Turkey sign milt/trade agreement against King Karel
Apr 14th - English King Henry VIII expropriates minor monasteries
May 2nd - King Henry VIII accused Anna Boleyn of adultery & incest
May 6th - King Henry VIII, orders bible be placed in every church
May 15th - Anna Boleyn & George Boleyn Lord Rochford accused of adultery/incest
May 17th - Anne Boleyns 4 "lovers" executed
May 23rd - Pope Paul III installs Portugese inquisition
Jun 6th - Mexico begins it's inquisition
Jul 9th - French navigator Jacques Cartier returns to Saint-Malo from Canada
Jul 18th - Pope's authority declared void in England
Jul 25th - Sebastián de Belalcázar on his search of El Dorado founds the City of Santiago de Cali.
Aug 13th - Buddhist monks from Kyōto's Enryaku Temple set fire to 21 Nichiren temples throughout Kyoto in the Tenbun Hokke Disturbance. (Traditional Japanese date: July 27, 1536).
Sep 8th - Earl of Nassau disbands siege of Peronne
Oct 20th - Danish/Norw king Christian III leads reform in Catholic possessions
Dec 22nd - English scholar Reginald Pole appointed cardinal

Famous Birthdays

Birthdays 1 - 4 of 4

Feb 24th - Clement VIII, [Ippolito Aldofireini], Fano Italy, Pope (1592-1605)
Mar 31st - Ashikaga Yoshiteru, Japanese shogun (d. 1565)
May 10th - Thomas Howard, 4th duke of Norfolk, English Earl Marshall
Dec 26th - Yi I, Korean Confucian scholar (d. 1584)

Famous Weddings

Weddings 1 - 1 of 1

May 30th - English king Henry VIII marries Jane Seymour, his 3rd wife

Famous Deaths

Deaths 1 - 14 of 14

Jan 6th - Baldassare Peruzzi, Italian architect/painter, dies
Jan 7th - Catherine of Aragon, 1st wife of England's King Henry VIII, dies at 50
Jan 22nd - Bernhard Knipperdolling, German religious leader (b. 1495)
Feb 3rd - Garcia de Resende, Port writer/publisher (Cancioneiro Geral), dies
Feb 25th - Berthold Haller, German-born reformer (b. 1492)
Mar 16th - Ibrahim Pasha, grand-visier of Osmaanse Rich, murdered at about 45
Apr 4th - Frederick I, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach (b. 1460)
May 19th - Anne Boleyn, Queen of England/wife of Henry VIII, beheaded
May 19th - Lord Rochford, English brother of Anna Boleyn, beheaded
Jul 12th - Desiderius Erasmus, humanist/priest (Novum instrumentum omne), dies
Aug 17th - Pietersz, book publisher (Kersten Knight - on Index), dies
Sep 6th - William Tyndale, Protestant bible translator (b. c. 1494)
Sep 24th - Janus Secundus, neo latin poet (Basia), dies at 24
Oct 14th - Garcilaso de la Vega, Spanish poet/diplomat, dies in battle