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After refusing to swear an oath recognizing the annulment of Henry VIII's marriage to Catherine of Aragon and the validity of his marriage to Anne Boleyn, Sir Thomas More, Lord Chancellor of England, is tried for treason and executed.
Holy Roman Emperor Charles V seizes Tunis.
Antonio de Mendoza, viceroy of New Spain, introduces a printing press in Mexico, the first of its kind in the Western Hemisphere.
An army led by Incan ruler Manco Inca Yupanqui is defeated by the Spaniards in Peru.
Francisco Pizarro founds the city of Lima, Peru.
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