1534
| Years: 1531 1532 1533 - 1534 - 1535 1536 1537 | |
| Decades: 1500s 1510s 1520s - 1530s - 1540s 1550s 1560s | |
| Centuries: 15th century - 16th century - 17th century | |
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| Gregorian calendar | 1534 MDXXXIV |
| Ab urbe condita | 2287 |
| Armenian calendar | 983 ԹՎ ՋՁԳ |
| Chinese calendar | 4170/4230-12-17 (癸巳年十二月十七日) — to — 4171/4231-11-27(甲午年十一月廿七日) |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1526 – 1527 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5294 – 5295 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1589 – 1590 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1456 – 1457 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4635 – 4636 |
| Iranian calendar | 912 – 913 |
| Islamic calendar | 941 – 942 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2077 |
1534 (MDXXXIV) was a common year in the 16th century.
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Events
- February 27 - Group of Anabaptists of Jan Matthys seize Münster and declare it "The New Little Jerusalem" - they begin to exile dissenters and forcibly baptize all others
- May 10 - Jacques Cartier explores Newfoundland while searching for the Northwest Passage.
- June 9 - Jacques Cartier is the first European to discover the St. Lawrence River.
- July 7 - First known exchange between Europeans and natives of the Gulf of St. Lawrence, in New Brunswick.
- October 13 - Pope Paul III succeeds Pope Clement VII as the 218th pope.
- Cambridge University Press given Royal Charter by Henry VIII and becomes the first of the privileged presses
- Henry VIII angry at the Pope's refusal to grant divorce from Catherine of Aragon, Henry declares himself Supreme Head of the English church, the Church of England. See also: The derivative but more widely spread: Anglican Communion Church.
- Publication of Gargantua by François Rabelais
- Martin Luther's translation of the New Testament into German appears
Births
- February 5 - Giovanni de' Bardi, Italian writer, composer, and soldier (died 1612)
- June 23 - Oda Nobunaga, Japanese warlord (died 1582)
- July 1 - King Frederick II of Denmark (died 1588)
- July 18 - Zacharius Ursinus, German theologian (died 1583)
- September 24 - Guru Ram Das, fourth Sikh Guru (died 1581)
- Lodovico Agostini, Italian composer (died 1590)
- William Harrison, English clergyman (died 1593)
- José de Anchieta, Spanish Jesuit missionary in Brazil (died 1597)
- Isaac Luria, Jewish scholar and mystic (died 1572)
- Henri Ier de Montmorency, Marshal of France (died 1614)
- Henry Herbert, 2nd Earl of Pembroke, statesman of the Elizabethan era (died 1601)
- Nicholas Remy, French Catholic priest (died 1600)
- Amy Robsart, wife of Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester
- Paul Skalic, Croatian encyclopedist, humanist and adventurer (died 1573)
- Zofia Tarnowska, Polish noble lady (died 1570)
See also Category: 1534 births.
Deaths
- January 25 - Magdalena of Saxony (born 1507)
- March 5 - Antonio da Correggio, Italian painter (born 1488)
- April 20 - Elizabeth Barton English nun (executed) (born 1506)
- August 9 - Cardinal Cajetan, Italian theologian (born 1470)
- September 25 - Pope Clement VII (born 1478)
- Johannes Aventinus, Bavarian historian and philologist (born 1477)
- István Báthory, Hungarian noble (born 1477)
- Edward Guilford, Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports (born 1474)
- Michael Glinski, Lithuanian prince (born c1470)
- Cesare Hercolani, Italian soldier (born 1499)
- William Blount, 4th Baron Mountjoy, scholar and patron
- Amago Okihisa, Japanese nobleman
- Antonio Pigafetta, Italian navigator (born 1491)
- Antonio da Sangallo the Elder, Florentine architect (born 1453)
- John Taylor, Master of the Rolls (born 1480)
See also Category: 1534 deaths.
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