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World

Population: 486 Million*

Entertainment: Writers include John Haywood (interlude), Nicholas Udall Floures for Latine Speaking, Johannes Ott
Art includes Hans Holbein the Younger "The Ambassadors", Titian (portrait of Charles V)
Music includes first madrigals by Verdelot, Arcadelt, and others in Rome
Mathematics: German mathematician Gemma Frisius introduces new method of surveying
Medicine: First lunatic asylums (no medical attention) created
Technology: Manual for production of paints and inks published in Augsburg
Deaths: Sculptor Viet Stoss, Painter Lucas van Leyden, Poet Lodovico Ariosto, Francisco Pizzaro orders execution by strangulation of the last Inca

Peru: Pizarro captures Cuzco and executes Inca of Peru – Atahualpa executed for crimes against Spain
Puerto Rico: Three cyclones hit Puerto Rico

England: Pope excommunicates Henry VIII – Henry VIII secretly marries Anne Boleyn - Elizabeth born
Thomas Cranmer becomes Archbishop of Canterbury – declares marriage between Henry and Catherine of Aragon void - Anne crowned queen
Holy Roman Empire: Suleiman (Ottoman) makes peace with Ferdinand of Habsburgs (HRE - Austria)
Russia: Death of Basil III and start of reign of Czar Ivan IV the terrible - age 3

Ottoman Empire: Suleiman (Ottoman) makes peace with Ferdinand of Habsburgs (HRE - Austria)