1535

1535

Year 1535 was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

Events of 1535

January 18 - Lima, Peru is founded by Francisco Pizarro.
February 27 George Joye published his Apologye in Antwerp to clear his name from the accusations of William Tyndale
April^{citation needed} - Jacques Cartier lands near the Iroquois city of Stadacona, Canada (now Quebec) and in May^{citation needed}, the even greater Huron city of Hochelaga.
April-May William Tyndale is arrested in Antwerp and imprisoned in Vilvoorde
May 19 - French explorer Jacques Cartier sets sail for his second voyage to North America with 3 ships, 110 men, and Chief Donnacona's 2 sons (who Cartier took during his first voyage).
June 22 - Execution of John Fisher, Cardinal and Bishop of Rochester, by order of King Henry VIII of England.

June 24 - The Anabaptist state of Münster (see Münster Rebellion) is conquered and disbanded.

Hanseatic defeated.

July 6 - Sir Thomas More, author of Utopia and one time Lord Chancellor of England, is executed for treason by King Henry VIII, after refusing to agree to Henry's decision to separate the English Church from the Roman Catholic Church.
October 2 - Jacques Cartier reaches the area (island) in the St. Lawrence River that eventually becomes Montreal, Quebec.
October 4 - The first complete English-language Bible is printed, with translations by William Tyndale and Miles Coverdale.

Manco II is appointed puppet Inca Emperor by Spanish Conquistadors.
Spanish forces fail for the second time to conquer Yucatan.
Carlos Quinto conquers Tunis.
Anabaptists rebel in some cities in the Netherlands, including a famous incident of seven men and five woman walking nude in the streets of Amsterdam.
The first book in Estonian - Wanradt's and Koell's Catechism, is written.
St. Alphege Church is completed in Solihull, England.
The Charterhouse London is closed, as part of Henry VIII's Dissolution of the Monasteries.

February 11 - Pope Gregory XIV (d. 1591)
May 31 - Alessandro Allori, Italian painter (d. 1607)
June 2 - Pope Leo XI (d. 1605)
June 21 - Leonhard Rauwolf, German physician and botanist (d. 1596)
July 22 - Katarina Stenbock, queen of Gustav I of Sweden (d. 1621)
August 21 - Shimazu Yoshihiro, Japanese samurai and warlord (d. 1619)
September 6 - Emanuel van Meteren, Flemish historian (d. 1612)
October 16 - Niwa Nagahide, Japanese warlord (d. 1585)
date unknown
- James Melville of Halhill, Scottish historian (d. 1617)
- Giaches de Wert, Flemish composer (d. 1596)
probable
- Thomas North, English translator (d. 1601)

See also Category: 1535 births.

February 18 - Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa, German alchemist and occult writer (b. 1486)
February 28 - Wolter von Plettenberg, Master of Livonian Order (b. 1450)
May 4 - Executed by Henry VIII of England:
- Saint John Houghton, Carthusian monk
- Saint Robert Lawrence, Carthusian monk
- Saint Augustine Webster, Prior of the London Charterhouse
- Saint Richard Reynolds, Bridgettine monk of Syon
June 22 - John Fisher, Bishop of Rochester (executed) (b. c. 1469)
July 6 - Sir Thomas More, English lawyer, writer, and politician (executed) (b. 1478)
July 11 - Elector Joachim I of Brandenburg (b. 1484)
August 10 - Ippolito de' Medici, ruler of Florence (poisoned) (b. 1509)
September - George Nevill, 5th Baron Bergavenny (b. 1469)
September 23 - Catherine of Saxe-Lauenburg, queen of Gustav I of Sweden (b. 1513)
December 31 - William Skeffington, Lord Deputy of Ireland (b. 1465)
date unknown
- Jodocus Badius, pioneer of printing (b. 1462)
- Canghali of Kazan, khan of Qasim and Kazan (b. 1516)
- Bartolomeo Tromboncino, Italian composer (b. 1470)
- Feliks Zamoyski, Polish nobleman

See also Category: 1535 deaths.