Event of Interest
Mar 7 English King Henry VIII's divorce request is denied by the Pope
Henry VIII
- Apr 8 Holy Roman Emperor convenes Imperial Diet in German city of Augsburg to address Protestant tensions
- Jun 20 German Parliament joins to Augsburg together
- Jun 25 The Augsburg Confession where Germany's Protestant princes force Holy Roman Emperor Charles V to hear their Confession of Faith
- Aug 12 Florence surrenders for emperor Karel I
- Sep 20 Luther advises protestant monarch compromise
- Nov 5 St Felix Flood ravages Dutch coast and destroys the city of Reimerswaal in the Netherlands
- Nov 19 The Recess document resulting from the Diet of Augsburg signed by Charles V and catholic princes