1532
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1532 (MDXXXII) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar, the 1532nd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 532nd year of the 2nd millennium, the 32nd year of the 16th century, and the 3rd year of the 1530s decade. As of the start of 1532, the Gregorian calendar was 10 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.
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Events
- May 16 – Sir Thomas More resigns as Lord Chancellor of England.
- June 25 – Suleiman I leads another invasion of Hungary, which fails miserably.
- September 1 – Lady Anne Boleyn is created Marchioness of Pembroke by her fiancée, King Henry VIII of England.
- November 16 – Francisco Pizarro and his men capture Inca Atahualpa.
- Atahualpa wins Inca civil war over Huáscar
- The Prince is published five years after death of the writer Niccolò Machiavelli
- Pantagruel is published by François Rabelais
- Henry VIII grants the Thorne brothers a Royal Charter to found Bristol Grammar School.
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