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Battle of Chausa: Afghan and northern Indian leader Sher Shah Suri defeats Mughal Emperor Humayun in Bihar in major batt

Battle of Chausa: Afghan and northern Indian leader Sher Shah Suri defeats Mughal Emperor Humayun in Bihar in major battle involving 200,000 forces

Battle of Chausa: Afghan and northern Indian leader Sher Shah Suri defeats Mughal Emperor Humayun in Bihar in major battle involving 200,000 forces

Events Before

  1. The first university in the Americas, the Universidad Santo Tomás de Aquino, is established in Santo Domingo

    The University of St. Thomas Aquinas (Spanish: Universidad de Santo Tomás de Aquino) is, from an historical perspective, the first university founded in the Americas.

  2. Dutchy of Guelders accepts rule of William, Duke of Jülich-Cleves-Berg

    Dutchy of Guelders accepts rule of William, Duke of Jülich-Cleves-Berg

  3. Treaty of Nagyvarad/Peace of Grosswardein signed between Ferdinand I of Austria and John Zápolya of Hungary.

    The Treaty of Nagyvárad was a secret peace agreement between Emperor Ferdinand I and John Zápolya, rival claimants to the Kingdom of Hungary, signed in Grosswardein / Várad on February 24, 1538.

  4. Catholic German monarchy signs League of Neuremberg, in response to the formation of the Protestant Schmalkaldic League

    Catholic German monarchy signs League of Neuremberg, in response to the formation of the Protestant Schmalkaldic League

  5. The City of Guayaquil is founded by the Spanish Conquistador Francisco de Orellana and given the name Muy Noble y Muy Le

    The City of Guayaquil is founded by the Spanish Conquistador Francisco de Orellana and given the name Muy Noble y Muy Leal Ciudad de Santiago de Guayaquil

Events After

  1. The first recorded horse race meeting in England is held at Roodee Fields in Chester

    Chester is a cathedral city in Cheshire, England, on the River Dee, close to the England–Wales border.

  2. Francisco Vázquez de Coronado's expedition sets off from Mexico in search of the Seven Cities of Gold (Cibola)

    Francisco Vázquez de Coronado was a Spanish conquistador and explorer who led a large expedition from what is now Mexico to present-day Kansas through what is now parts of the southwestern United...

  3. German Protestant Count Philip of Hessen bigamously marries 2nd wife Margarethe von der Saale, causing a scandal

    German Protestant Count Philip of Hessen bigamously marries 2nd wife Margarethe von der Saale, causing a scandal

  4. English King Henry VIII annuls his 6 month marriage to his 4th wife Anne of Cleves, on the grounds of non-consummation a

    English King Henry VIII annuls his 6 month marriage to his 4th wife Anne of Cleves, on the grounds of non-consummation and her pre-contract to Francis of Lorraine

  5. English King Henry VIII (49) weds Catherine Howard (16 or 17), his 5th wife

    Henry VIII (28 June 1491 – 28 January 1547) was King of England from 22 April 1509 until his death in 1547.

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