Years: 1535 1536 1537 - 1538 - 1539 1540 1541

Decades: 1500s 1510s 1520s - 1530s - 1540s 1550s 1560s

Centuries: 15th century - 16th century - 17th century

Events

• Treaty of Nagyvarad . Peace between King Ferdinand and the Turks. John Zapolya is recognized as King of Hungary, while Ferdinand retains the northern and western parts of the Kingdom, and is recognized as heir to the throne.
• Truce of Nice - Peace between Emperor Charles V and Francis I of France
• November 30 - Sucre, Bolivia is founded under the name Ciudad de la Plata de la Nueva Toledo

Births

• October 31 - Caesar Baronius, Italian cardinal and ecclesiastical historian (d. 1607)
• Ashikaga Yoshihide. Ashikaga shogun
• Christopher Clavius, mathematician and astronomer
• Maeda Toshiie, Japanese samurai and warlord

Deaths

• February 12 - Albrecht Altdorfer, German painter
• March 12 - Thomas Boleyn, 1st Earl of Wiltshire, English diplomat (or 1539).
• July 8 - Diego De Almagro, Spanish conquistador
• Elizabeth Boleyn, daughter of Thomas Howard, 2nd Duke of Norfolk and wife of Thomas Boleyn, 1st Earl of Wiltshire