Significant Events
- Jul 24 Jacques Cartier lands in Canada, claims it for France
- Oct 30 English Parliament passes Act of Supremacy, beginning process to make King Henry VIII head of the Church in England - a role formerly held by the Pope
- Nov 3 English parliament accepts Act of Supremacy: Henry VIII becomes Head of Church of England
- Dec 4 Ottoman Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent occupies Baghdad
World Leaders in 1534
Charles V
Holy Roman Emperor
Henry VIII
King of England
Suleiman the Magnificent
Ottoman Sultan
Famous People in 1534
Martin Luther
Founder of Protestanism
Michelangelo
Sculptor and Painter
Famous People Born in 1534
- Feb 5 Giovanni de' Bardi, Italian writer (d. 1612)
- Apr 7 Jose de Anchieta, Spanish jesuit/missionary (Brazilian Tupi-Indians)
- Jun 23 Oda Nobunaga, Japanese warlord (d. 1582)
- Jul 1 Frederick II, King of Denmark and Norway (1559-88)
- Jul 18 Zacharias Ursinus, German theologist (Heidelberger Catechism)
Famous Deaths
- Mar 5 Antonio da Correggio, Italian painter (b. 1489)
- Apr 20 Elizabeth Barton, [St Magd van Kent], English nun and prophet (only women whose head was on a spike on London Bridge), hung for treason
- May 28 Dirk Martens, Flemish printer/humanist, dies at about 83
- Jun 14 Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, Bengali saint, inspired Chaitanya movement, dies at 48
- Jul 19 Willem van Enkenvoirt, cardinal/bishop of Utrecht, dies at about 70