Voyage of Discovery
Jan 17 Beginning of Giovanni da Verrazzano's voyage to find a passage to China
Event of Interest
Apr 19 Pope Clement VII fires Neth inquisitor-general French Van de Holly
Battle of Interest
Apr 24 Charles III, Duke of Bourbon drives Admiral Bonnivet out of Milan
- May 20 Duke of Albany leaves Scotland
- Jun 28 Charles III, Duke of Bourbon occupies Province
- Jul 15 Emperor Charles I bans German national synode
- Jul 19 Peasants' War begins in Germany's Black Forest
- Oct 26 Spanish troops give Milan to France
Historic Expedition
Nov 14 Francisco Pizarro begins his 1st great expedition, near Colombia
- Dec 12 Pope Clement VII approves Organization of Jewish Community of Rome