Centuries: 15th century - 16th century - 17th century
Decades: 1480s 1490s 1500s 1510s 1520s - 1530s - 1540s 1550s 1560s 1570s 1580s
Years: 1529 1530 1531 1532 1533 - 1534 - 1535 1536 1537 1538 1539
Events
- May 10 - Jacques Cartier explores Newfoundland while searching for the Northwest Passage.
- July 7 - First known exchange between Europeans and natives of the Gulf of St. Lawrence, in New Brunswick.
- Cambridge University Press given Royal Charter by Henry VIII
- Henry VIII angry at the Pope's refusal to grant divorce from Catherine of Aragon Henry declares himself Supreme Head of the English church a.k.a. the Anglican Church or Church of England
- Publication of Gargantua by Francois Rabelais
- The Anabaptists seize control of Münster
- Correggio - Italian painter\n