1534

Centuries: 15th century - 16th century - 17th century

Decades: 1480s 1490s 1500s 1510s 1520s - 1530s - 1540s 1550s 1560s 1570s 1580s

Years: 1529 1530 1531 1532 1533 - 1534 - 1535 1536 1537 1538 1539

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Events

• May 10 - Jacques Cartier explores Newfoundland while searching for the Northwest Passage.
• Cambridge University Press given Royal Charter by Henry VIII
• Henry VIII angry at the Pope's refusal to grant divorce from Catherine of Aragon Henry declares himself Supreme Head of the English church a.k.a. the Anglican Church or Church of England
• Publication of Gargantua[?] by Francois Rabelais
• The Anabaptists seize control of Münster

Births

• July 1 - King Frederick II of Denmark
• Oda Nobunaga, Japanese shogun

Deaths

• Correggio - Italian painter