1537
In this year of world history...
January – Bigod's Rebellion, an uprising by Roman Catholics against Henry VIII of England
January 6 – Alessandro de Medici is assassinated.
March – Diego de Almagro successfully charges Manco Inca's siege of Cuzco, thereby saving his antagonists, the Pizarro brothers.
March 12 – Recife is founded by the Portuguese in Brazil.
June 2 – Pope Paul III publishes the encyclical Sublimis Deus, which declares the natives of the New World to be rational beings with souls who must not be enslaved or robbed.
August 15 – Asunción is founded by Juan de Salazar y Espinoza. It's the oldest city in South America.
August 25 – The Honourable Artillery Company, the oldest surviving regiment in the British Army, and the second most senior, is formed.
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Manco II establishes neo-Inca independent state at Vilacampa, Peru.
The Spaniards bring the potato to Europe.
The island of Paros is conquered by the Ottoman Empire
Christian III forces introduction of Lutheran Protestantism in Denmark and Norway.
Religious buildings are dissolved by Henry VIII, including Bisham Priory, Bridlington Priory, Castle Acre Priory, and Valle Crucis Abbey.
Bisham Abbey is founded by Henry VIII in place of Bisham Priory.
Bangalore is first mentioned.