- Mar 30 Thomas Cranmer becomes Archbishop of Canterbury
Coronation of Anne Boleyn
Jun 1 Anne Boleyn crowned Queen of England
Truce of Constantinople
Jun 22 Ferdinand of Austria and Ottoman Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent sign peace treaty in Constantinople
Henry VIII Excommunicated
Jul 11 Pope Clement VII excommunicates England's King Henry VIII
Death of Atahualpa
Jul 26 Francisco Pizarro orders the death of the last Sapa Inca Emperor, Atahualpa
Pizarro Captures Cuzco
Nov 15 Spanish expedition led by Francisco Pizarro captures the Inca capital of Cusco after defeating an Inca army led by general Quisquis