1534 Calendar
What Happened In Year 1534?
- 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.
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