Events

• January 18 - Lima, Peru founded by Francisco Pizarro
• June 24 - The Anabaptist state of Münster (see Münster Rebellion) is conquered and disbanded.
• May 19 - French explorer Jacques Cartier sets sail for his second voyage to North America with 3 ships, 110 men, and Chief Donnacona's 2 sons (who Cartier kidnapped during his first voyage).
• October 2 - Jacques Cartier discovers Montreal, Quebec.

• Combined Swedish and Danish fleets defeat the Hanseatic navy.
• April 1535 - Jacques Cartier discovers the Iroquois city of Stadacona, Canada (now Quebec) and in May, the even greater Huron city of Hochelaga (now Montreal)
• Manco II appointed puppet Inca Emperor by Spanish Conquistadors
• Second unsuccessful attempt by Spanish forces to conquer Yucatan
• Carlos Quinto conquers Tunis

There was anabaptist rebellion in some cities in the Netherlands, including a famous incident of seven men and five woman walking nude in the streets of Amsterdam.

Births

• February 11 - Pope Gregory XIV
• June 2 - Pope Leo XI
• August 21 - Shimazu Yoshihiro, Japanese samurai and warlord
• October 16 - Niwa Nagahide, Japanese retainer, samurai, and daimyo
• Pietro Vinci , Italian composer
• Giaches de Wert, Franco-Flemish composer of madrigals

Deaths

• June 22 - John Fisher, Bishop of Rochester, executed on Tower Hill
• July 6 - Sir Thomas More executed