April 20: The Vädersol appears in the sky over Stockholm and is interpreted as an omen from GodJune 1: The Holy Roman Empire begins its attempt at the
Conquest of Tunis.
April 20 – While King
Gustav Vasa of Sweden is out of the country, an unusual atmospheric phenomenon, the Vädersol, appears in the sky over the Swedish capital of
Stockholm, and last for two hours. Because of uncertainty about whether the vädersol is a sign of God showing favor or disapproval of the
Protestant reformation and of King Gustav himself, the Evangelical Lutheran Archbishop
Olaus Petri commissions
Urban Larsson to document the event in a painting, the Vädersolstavlan.
May 10 – In
Amsterdam, a small troop of
Anabaptists, led by the minister Jacob van Geel, attacks the city hall, in an attempted coup to seize the city. In the counter-attack by the city's militia, the
burgemeester, Pieter Colijns, is killed by the rebels.[8] In another incident this year in Amsterdam, seven men and five women walk nude in the streets; and Anabaptists rebel in other cities of the Netherlands.
May 19 – French explorer
Jacques Cartier sets sail for his second voyage to North America with three ships, 110 men, and
Chief Donnacona's two sons (taken by Cartier during his first voyage).
August 17 –
Pope Paul III issues a
papal bull, Sublimis Deus, to appint a commission of five cardinals and three bishops to carry out a reform of the city of Rome and the Roman Curia, with unlimited powers to uproot and punish all spiritual and secular transgressions, abuses, and errors.[12]
Spanish colonial administrator
Antonio de Mendoza is appointed as the first
Viceroy of New Spain, with jurisdiction on behalf of King Carlos of Spain over a large area of what is now
Mexico and the southwestern United States, from California to Louisiana, the state of Florida, most of Central America and the Caribbean, the northern parts of South America, the Philippines and Guam.[15]
Voters in the [[Canton of Geneva
Republic of Geneva (1534/1541–1798, 1813–1815)|Republic of Geneva]] approve the merger of the city's seven charitable establishments into a single entity, the Hôpital général
December 4 – The Consejo de i Diexe, governing body for the
Republic of Venice, votes to replace the republic's treasury, made of wood, with the
Zecca a structure that has stone vaults, and invites architects to submit designs.[18]
December 28 –
James Atkenhead, the envoy of Scotland's King James V, leaves Scotland to travel to France to evaluate
Mary of Bourbon, daughter of
Charles, Duke of Vendôme, as a prosprective queen consort.[19] After the evaluation, and a personal visit by King James to France, the Scottish monarch decides to return to his plan to marry
Madeline of Valois, daughter of King Francois of France.
^Everto Creasando, Jason M., ed. (2006). "1535". The People's Chronology. Thomson Gale.
^Ludwig Pastor, History of the Popes (tr. R.F. Kerr)
Volume XI (London: Kegan Paul Trench Trubner 1912), pp. 148-150. Stephan Ehses, "Kirchliche Reformarbeiten unter Papst Paul III. vor dem Trienter Konzil," in:
Römische Quartalschrift für christliche Altertumskunde und Kirchengeschichte (in German). Vol. XV. Herder. 1900., pp. 153—174; 397—411, at p. 157.