1534 Calendar
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Historical Event(s)
February 3, 1534
– The Irish rebel Silken Thomas is executed by the order of Henry VIII in London, England.
April 20, 1534
– Jacques Cartier begins the voyage during which he discovers Canada and Labrador.
May 10, 1534
– Jacques Cartier visits Newfoundland.
June 9, 1534
– Jacques Cartier is the first European to discover the Saint Lawrence River.
June 29, 1534
– Jacques Cartier is the first European to reach Prince Edward Island.
July 4, 1534
– Christian III is elected King of Denmark and Norway in the town of Rye.
July 7, 1534
– European colonization of the Americas: first known exchange between Europeans and natives of the Gulf of St. Lawrence in New Brunswick.
July 24, 1534
– French explorer Jacques Cartier plants a cross on the Gaspé Peninsula and takes possession of the territory in the name of Francis I of France.
August 15, 1534
– Saint Ignatius of Loyola and six classmates take initial vows, leading to the creation of the Society of Jesus in September 1540.
December 6, 1534
– The city of Quito in Ecuador is founded by Spanish settlers led by Sebastián de Belalcázar.
Who Were Born On ?
February 5, 1534
– Giovanni de' Bardi, Italian writer (d. 1612)
March 19, 1534
– José de Anchieta, Spanish Jesuit missionary to Brazil (d. 1597)
June 23, 1534
– Oda Nobunaga, Japanese warlord (d. 1582)
July 1, 1534
– King Frederick II of Denmark and Norway and Duke of Schleswig (d. 1588)
September 24, 1534
– Guru Ram Das, fourth Sikh Guru (d. 1581)