1536 - What happened in 1536 ?


February 1536


Sunday 02:

Spaniard Pedro de Mendoza founds Buenos Aires, Argentina.




May 1536


Wednesday 06:

King Henry VIII orders Bible be placed in every church.


Tuesday 19:

Anne Boleyn, the second wife of Henry VIII of England, is beheaded for adultery.


Saturday 30:

King Henry VIII of England marries Jane Seymour, a lady-in-waiting to his first two wives.




July 1536


Saturday 18:

The authority of the Pope is declared void in England.




August 1536


Thursday 13:

Buddhist monks from Kyoto's Enryaku Temple set fire to 21 Nichiren temples throughout Kyoto in the Tenbun Hokke Disturbance. (Traditional Japanese date: July 27, 1536).



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