February 24 –
William Warham, the 81-year-old Roman Catholic
Archbishop of Canterbury, publicly declares that he is disasocciating himself from all acts of the English Parliament that are prejudicial to papal authority.[3]
April 27 – The democratic government of the
Republic of Florence in
Italy, in existence for more than 400 years since its founding in
1115, is abolished by order of
Pope Clement VII in order for a hereditary, and absolute, monarchy to be established.[5]Alessandro de' Medici, Duke of Florence, the illegitimate son of Pope Clement, is given full power and the Republic's parliament (the
Signoria) and the rule of the executive officer, the
Gonfaloniere, come to an end.
August 5 – The
siege of Güns in the Austrian Empire begins as the Ottoman army, under Sultan
Suleiman the Magnificent, attempts to take the city of Güns (now
Kőszeg in
Hungary, with 100,000 troops in order to mount a larger invasion of the Austrian city of
Vienna, capital of the
Holy Roman Empire. The defenders, less than 800 Croatian soldiers commanded by
Nikola Jurišić, puts up a successful resistance despite being outnumbered by more than 100 to 1.[12]
October 7 – (9th waxing of Tazaungmon 894 ME) The Burmese monarch
Min Bin,
King of Arrakan, leads a combined invasion force of 12,000 people (three armies of 11,000 men in a three-pronged attack, and a flotilla of war boats carrying 1,000 troops) in an invasion of Bengal in India.
November 16 –
Francisco Pizarro and his men capture
Inca emperor
Atahualpa at
Cajamarca, ambushing and slaughtering a large number of his followers, without loss to themselves.[14] He subsequently offers a ransom of approximately $50 million in gold.[15]
December 1 – (5th waxing of Pyatho 894 ME) The Burmese Army under
Min Bin marches into
Dhaka, capital of Bengal without any resistance.
December 4 – A fire strikes the cathedral in
Chambéry, now a part of
France, but at the time a part of Italy's
Duchy of Savoy. The fire burns several holes in the
Shroud of Turin, believed by some Roman Catholics to be the burial shroud of
Jesus of Nazareth after the crucifixion, and to have a miraculous imprint of Jesus, but the shroud is repaired by nuns at the cathedral.
December 20 – The first payment for Atahualpa's ransom from the Spaniards is made as gold is delivered to
Cuzco to fill up a room.
^Herbermann, Charles George; Pace, Edward Aloysius; Pallen, Condé Bénoist; Shahan, Thomas Joseph; Wynne, John Joseph; MacErlean, Andrew Alphonsus (1907).
The Catholic Encyclopedia. Robert Appleton Company. p. 341. Retrieved August 15, 2023.
February 24 –
William Warham, the 81-year-old Roman Catholic
Archbishop of Canterbury, publicly declares that he is disasocciating himself from all acts of the English Parliament that are prejudicial to papal authority.[3]
April 27 – The democratic government of the
Republic of Florence in
Italy, in existence for more than 400 years since its founding in
1115, is abolished by order of
Pope Clement VII in order for a hereditary, and absolute, monarchy to be established.[5]Alessandro de' Medici, Duke of Florence, the illegitimate son of Pope Clement, is given full power and the Republic's parliament (the
Signoria) and the rule of the executive officer, the
Gonfaloniere, come to an end.
August 5 – The
siege of Güns in the Austrian Empire begins as the Ottoman army, under Sultan
Suleiman the Magnificent, attempts to take the city of Güns (now
Kőszeg in
Hungary, with 100,000 troops in order to mount a larger invasion of the Austrian city of
Vienna, capital of the
Holy Roman Empire. The defenders, less than 800 Croatian soldiers commanded by
Nikola Jurišić, puts up a successful resistance despite being outnumbered by more than 100 to 1.[12]
October 7 – (9th waxing of Tazaungmon 894 ME) The Burmese monarch
Min Bin,
King of Arrakan, leads a combined invasion force of 12,000 people (three armies of 11,000 men in a three-pronged attack, and a flotilla of war boats carrying 1,000 troops) in an invasion of Bengal in India.
November 16 –
Francisco Pizarro and his men capture
Inca emperor
Atahualpa at
Cajamarca, ambushing and slaughtering a large number of his followers, without loss to themselves.[14] He subsequently offers a ransom of approximately $50 million in gold.[15]
December 1 – (5th waxing of Pyatho 894 ME) The Burmese Army under
Min Bin marches into
Dhaka, capital of Bengal without any resistance.
December 4 – A fire strikes the cathedral in
Chambéry, now a part of
France, but at the time a part of Italy's
Duchy of Savoy. The fire burns several holes in the
Shroud of Turin, believed by some Roman Catholics to be the burial shroud of
Jesus of Nazareth after the crucifixion, and to have a miraculous imprint of Jesus, but the shroud is repaired by nuns at the cathedral.
December 20 – The first payment for Atahualpa's ransom from the Spaniards is made as gold is delivered to
Cuzco to fill up a room.
^Herbermann, Charles George; Pace, Edward Aloysius; Pallen, Condé Bénoist; Shahan, Thomas Joseph; Wynne, John Joseph; MacErlean, Andrew Alphonsus (1907).
The Catholic Encyclopedia. Robert Appleton Company. p. 341. Retrieved August 15, 2023.