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Atahualpa defeats and kills his half-brother Huáscar, thus winning control of the entire Inca empire
German botanist Otto Brunfels publishes Living images of plants, the first serious work of natural history with printed illustrations
The first Mughal emperor, Babur, dies in India and is succeeded by his son, Humayun
King Henry VIII’s barge moors in the creek leading from the River Thames to Kew Pond
The Aztec Virgin of Guadalupe appears to an Indian near Mexico City and tells him she is 'one of his kind'
The Protestant princes of Germany form the defensive League of Schmalkalden
Zwingli is killed at Kappel in a battle between Protestant and Catholic cantons
Francisco Pizarro leads 168 men, with about 30 horses, into the territory of the Inca empire
Henry rebuilds the Great Hall at Hampton Court, the first in a sequence of rooms leading towards his private lodgings
François Rabelais publishes Pantagruel, the first to appear of his five books about the giant Pantagruel and his father Gargantua
The Privy Garden at Hampton Court is completed and is divided up into squares by 180 posts topped with heraldic beasts and is said to resemble a chess board in red, white and green
Pizarro and his tiny force ambush and massacre the Inca court in Cajamarca, capturing Atahualpa himself alive
Atahualpa agrees to buy his freedom from the Spaniards with a room full of gold and another of silver
In a secret ceremony Henry VIII marries Anne Boleyn, though he has not yet succeeded in divorcing Catherine of Aragon
Although the ransom has been paid, Atahualpa is executed by the Spaniards — who ensure that he dies a Christian
The Spanish conquistadors capture and sack the Inca capital of Cuzco, high in the Andes
Thomas Cranmer, the archbishop of Canterbury, declares Henry VIII's marriage to Catherine of Aragon null and void
Anne Boleyn has a child (the future Elizabeth I) but not of the sex her husband wants
The Holy Roman Emperor, Charles V, makes Titian his court painter (an arrangement continued by Philip II)
French explorer Jacques Cartier charts the Gulf of St Lawrence and, in 1525, explores up the river as far as Montreal
Henry VIII's Act of Supremacy forces prominent figures in English public life to accept him on oath as head of the Church of England
The Portuguese force the local ruler to cede to them the island of Bombay
Paris wakes up to find Protestant placards all over the place, mocking the sacrament of the mass
Cartier, welcomed by the Huron Indians, gives their island in the St Lawrence river the name of Montreal
Thomas More refuses to take the oath accepting the Act of Supremacy and is beheaded
