Major Events
- May 19 Anne Boleyn, second wife of English King Henry VIII, is beheaded at the Tower of London on charges of adultery, incest and treason
- Aug 13 Buddhist monks from Kyōto'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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Born in 1536
- Feb 24 Clement VIII [Ippolito Aldofireini], Italian Pope (1592-1605), born in Fano, Duchy of Urbino (now Italy) (d. 1605)
- Mar 31 Ashikaga Yoshiteru, Japanese 13th shōgun of the Ashikaga shogunate (1546-65), born in Nanzen-ji Temple, Kyoto, Japan (d. 1565)
- Dec 26 Yi I, Korean Confucian scholar (d. 1584)
Catherine of Aragon
Anne Boleyn
ErasmusMore 1536 Deaths
Martin Luther
Michelangelo
Charles V
Francis I of France
Henry VIII
Suleiman the Magnificent