Voyage of Discovery
Jan 17 Beginning of Giovanni da Verrazzano's voyage to find a passage to China
- Mar 19 Giovanni de Varrazano, a Florentine explorer in the service of King Francis I of France, lands around area of Carolinas
- Apr 17 Giovanni Verrazano, a Florentine navigator, discovers New York Bay
- Apr 19 Pope Clemens VII fires Neth inquisitor-general French Van de Holly
- Apr 24 Duke of Bourbon drives Admiral Bonnivet out of Milan
- May 20 Duke of Albany leaves Scotland
- Jun 28 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
Historic Event
Dec 12 Pope Clement VII approves Organization of Jewish Community of Rome
