1535

Year 1535 was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

Events of 1535

January - June

January 18 - Lima, Peru is founded by Francisco Pizarro.

February 27 George Joye published his Apologye in Antwerp to clear his name from the accusations of William Tyndale

April - Jacques Cartier lands near the Iroquois city of Stadacona, Canada (now Quebec) and in May, the even greater Huron city of Hochelaga.

April-May William Tyndale is arrested in Antwerp and imprisoned in Vilvoorde

May 19 - French explorer Jacques Cartier sets sail for his second voyage to North America with 3 ships, 110 men, and Chief Donnacona's 2 sons (who Cartier took during his first voyage).

June 22 - Execution of John Fisher, Cardinal and Bishop of Rochester, by order of King Henry VIII of England.

June 24 - The Anabaptist state of Münster (see Münster Rebellion) is conquered and disbanded.

July - December

July 6 - Sir Thomas More, author of Utopia and one time Lord Chancellor of England, is executed for treason by King Henry VIII, after refusing to agree to Henry's decision to separate the English Church from the Roman Catholic Church.

October 2 - Jacques Cartier reaches the area (island) in the St. Lawrence River that eventually becomes Montreal, Quebec.

October 4 - The first complete English-language Bible is printed, with translations by William Tyndale and Miles Coverdale.

Undated

Combined Swedish and Danish fleets defeat the Hanseatic navy.

Manco II is appointed puppet Inca Emperor by Spanish Conquistadors.

Spanish forces fail for the second time to conquer Yucatan.

Carlos Quinto conquers Tunis.

Anabaptists rebel in some cities in the Netherlands, including a famous incident of seven men and five woman walking nude in the streets of Amsterdam.

The first book in Estonian - Wanradt's and Koell's Catechism, is written.

St. Alphege Church is completed in Solihull, England.

The Charterhouse London is closed, as part of Henry VIII's Dissolution of the Monasteries.