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| Years: 1534 1535 1536 - 1537 - 1538 1539 1540 | |
| Decades: 1500s 1510s 1520s - 1530s - 1540s 1550s 1560s | |
| Centuries: 15th century - 16th century - 17th century | |
Events
- January 6 - Alessandro de Medici assassinated
- August 25 - The Honourable Artillery Company , the oldest surviving regiment in the British Army, and the second most senior, was formed.
- Pope Paul III publishes the encyclical Sublimis Deus, which declares the natives of the New World to be rational beings with souls who must not be enslaved or robbed.
- Manco II establishes neo-Inca independent state at Vilacampa, Peru
- Recife is founded by the Portuguese in Brazil.
- The Portuguese bring the potato to Europe
- Christian III forces introduction of Lutheran protestantism in Denmark and Norway
Births
- October 12 - Prince Edward Tudor, later King Edward VI of England.
- October 12? - Lady Jane Grey, later Queen of England.
- December 5 - Ashikaga Yoshiaki, Ashikaga shogun
- December 24 - Prince John Vasa, later King John III of Sweden
Deaths
- July 7 - Madeleine de Valois, princess of France, Queen of Scotland (b. 1520)
- October 24 - Jane Seymour, queen of King Henry VIII of England (complications of childbirth)
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