1641 events
Insurgent peasants led by Anabaptist pastor Thomas Müntzer were defeated at the Battle of Frankenhausen, ending the Germ
A Spanish-Imperial army defeats French-Venetian army in the battle of Bicocca
Battle of Villalar: King Charles I of Spain defeats the Comuneros
Battle of Mactan: Explorer Ferdinand Magellan is killed by natives in the Philippines led by chief Lapulapu
Swedish War of Liberation: Swedish troops defeat a Danish force in the Battle of Västerås
Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham, is executed for treason
Ignatius of Loyola is seriously wounded in the Battle of Pampeluna
The Diet of Worms ends when Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, issues the Edict of Worms, declaring Martin Luther an outlaw
Battle of Agnadello: In northern Italy, French forces defeat the Republic of Venice
Battle of Agnadello: In northern Italy, French forces defeat the Republic of Venice
Portuguese navigator Pedro Álvares Cabral lands in Brazil (discovery of Brazil)
On his second voyage to the New World, Christopher Columbus sights Jamaica, landing at Discovery Bay and declares Jamaic
Spain gives Christopher Columbus his commission of exploration
The Siege of Málaga commences during the Spanish Reconquista
The ten-year-old Lambert Simnel is crowned in Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin, Ireland, with the name of Edward VI in a
The Pazzi family attack on Lorenzo de' Medici in order to displace the ruling Medici family kills his brother Giuliano d
Wars of the Roses: The Battle of Tewkesbury: Edward IV defeats a Lancastrian Army and kills Edward of Westminster, Princ
During the 1465 Moroccan revolution which overthrows the Marinid dynasty, the Jewish mellah is attacked by the populatio
A Yorkist army under the Baron Montagu defeats a Lancastrian army under the Duke of Somerset in the battle of Hedgeley M