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An English army defeats the Scots at the Battle of Solway Moss.
Antonio da Mota is the first European to reach Japan. In 1543 Portuguese sailors arrive at the island of Tanegashima; their three matchlock guns are purchased by the Japanese, who have not seen firearms since the unsuccessful Mongol invasion of Japan in the thirteenth century.
Portuguese explorer Joao Cabrilho, sailing for Spain, discovers California.
Spanish colonists in the Americas protest the New Laws of the Indies, issued by Charles V. Among other reforms, the laws seek to control abuses of the native populations.
The French establish a colony in New France (Canada).
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