1532
| Years: 1529 1530 1531 – 1532 – 1533 1534 1535 | |
| Decades: 1500s 1510s 1520s – 1530s – 1540s 1550s 1560s | |
| Centuries: 15th century – 16th century – 17th century | |
Events
- May 16 – Sir Thomas More resigns as Lord Chancellor of England.
- June 25 – Suleiman I leads another invasion of Hungary, which fails miserably.
- November 16 – Francisco Pizarro and his men capture Inca Atahualpa.
- Atahualpa wins Inca civil war over Huscar
- The Prince is published five years after author Niccolò Machiavelli died
- Pantagruel is published by François Rabelais
Births
- John Hawkins, English navigator (d. 1595)
Deaths
- William Warham, Archbishop of Canterbury
- Thomas Harding, English Bible translator
Categories: 1532