Historical Events in 1536

Dissolution of the Monasteries

Apr 14 English King Henry VIII expropriates minor monasteries

Apr 21 King Henry VIII's chief minister Thomas Cromwell begins to plot Anne Boleyn's downfall while feigning illness

May 2 Anne Boleyn is arrested and taken to the Tower of London

May 15 Anne Boleyn and her brother George, Lord Rochford, accused of adultery and incest

May 17 Anne Boleyn's 4 "lovers" executed shortly before her own beheading
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
May 23 Pope Paul III installs Portuguese inquisition
Jun 6 Mexico begins its inquisition

Jul 9 French navigator Jacques Cartier returns to Saint-Malo, France from his exploration of what is now Canada

Jul 11 The Convocation of the clergy subscribe to the Ten Articles, beliefs of the English Church under Henry VIII
Jul 18 Pope's authority declared void in England
Jul 25 Sebastián de Belalcázar on his search of El Dorado founds the City of Santiago de Cali
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).
Sep 8 Charles V abandons his siege of Peronne in northern France
Oct 13 Pilgrimage of Grace begins in Northern England, a protest against King Henry VIII's break with the Pope and the dissolution of the monasteries