1536
| Years: 1533 1534 1535 – 1536 – 1537 1538 1539 | |
| Decades: 1500s 1510s 1520s – 1530s – 1540s 1550s 1560s | |
| Centuries: 15th century – 16th century – 17th century | |
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Events
- February 2 – Spaniard Pedro de Mendoza founds Buenos Aires, Argentina.
- February 25 – Jacob Hutter burned in a stake for heresy
- May 19 – Execution of Anne Boleyn
- May 30 – Henry VIII of England marries Jane Seymour
- October 13 – The Pilgrimage of Grace, a rebellion in York, is "resolved" by Robert Aske
- October 29 – Coronation of Jane Seymour as the Queen of England
- Wales is united with England by an Act of Union
- Manco Capac II revolts from Spanish rule in Peru
- Resumption of war between Francis I of France and Emperor Charles V. Francis ceases control of Savoy and captures Turin.
- Protestantism introduced in Denmark
- Portuguese Crown divides Brazil into fifteen donatory captaincies.
Births
- March – Pope Clement VIII (d. 1605)
- March 31 – Ashikaga Yoshiteru, Japanese shogun (d. 1565)
- 26 December – Yi I, Korean Confucian scholar (d. 1584)
- Toyotomi Hideyoshi, Japanese warlord (d. 1598)
Marriages
Deaths
- January 7 – Catherine of Aragon, queen of Henry VIII of England (b. 1485)
- January 22 – Bernhard Knipperdolling, German rebel
- May 17 – George Boleyn, Viscount Rochford, English diplomat
- May 19 – Anne Boleyn, queen of Henry VIII of England (executed)
- June 18 – Henry Fitzroy, 1st Duke of Richmond and Somerset, illegitimate son of Henry VIII of England (b. 1519)
- July 12 – Erasmus, Dutch writer and philosopher
- September 25 – Johannes Secundus, Dutch poet (b. 1511)
- October 6 – William Tyndale, English protestant scholar (burned at the stake)
- December 21 – Sir John Seymour, English courtier
- Garcilaso de la Vega, Spanish poet (b. 1503)
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