- Jan 10 Complutensian New Testament in Hebrew, Aramaic, Greek & Latin finished
Copernicus Observes Saturn
Apr 26 Copernicus makes his 1st observations of Saturn
- May 15 Jodocus Badius Ascensius publishes Christiern Pedersen's Latin version of Saxo's "Gesta Danorum" (Deeds of the Danes), in Paris
Charter for the Thames
May 20 English King Henry VIII grants a charter to the Corporation of Trinity House to regulate pilotage on the river Thames in London (still in existence) [1]
Gregory I
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