After being created a cardinal, Fisher is beheaded in England; the like befalls Sir Thomas More.
1536. Completion of the union between England and Wales.
Henry VIII, on the charge of infidelity, commits Anne Boleyn to the Tower of London; she is executed. Marriage of Henry to Jane Seymour.
Francis I takes Turin and attempts the surprise of Genoa.
Provence invaded by Charles V.
Discovery of California by Cortés.
1537. Death of Jane Seymour, Queen of England.
Further enslavement of the Indians forbidden by a brief of Pope Paul III.
1538. General suppression of monasteries and destruction of relics in England.
Truce of Nice, for ten years, between France and Spain.