1532

Year 1532 (MDXXXII) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. January 22 – São Vicente is established as the first permanent Portuguese settlement in Brazil. March 18 – The Supplication against the Ordinaries is presented to Henry VIII by the Speaker of the House of Commons. Henry responds by stating that the commons could hardly expect such consideration after they refused to assent to the government's proposals. Shortly afterwards, Parliament was prorogued until April 10. April – Battle of Quipaipan in Peru: Atahualpa wins the civil war in the Inca Empire, defeating his brother Huáscar. May 13 – Francisco Pizarro lands on the northern coast of Peru. May 16 – Sir Thomas More resigns as Lord Chancellor of England. June 25 – Suleiman the Magnificent leads another invasion of Hungary. July 23 – The Nuremberg Religious Peace is granted to members of the Schmalkaldic League, granting them religious liberty. August 13 – Union of Brittany and France: The Duchy of Brittany is absorbed into the Kingdom of France. August 5–30 – Siege of Güns: The Ottoman army under Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent fails to take the city of Güns, and due to the incoming raining weather and reinforcements from Charles V to Vienna, Suleiman's army retreats. September 1 – Anne Boleyn is created Marquess of Pembroke by her fiancé, King Henry VIII of England. November 16 – Francisco Pizarro and his men capture Inca emperor Atahualpa at Cajamarca, ambushing and slaughtering a large number of his followers, without loss to themselves. He subsequently offers a ransom of approximately $50 million in gold. The Prince is published, five years after the death of the author, Niccolò Machiavelli. Pantagruel is published by François Rabelais. Henry VIII of England grants the Thorne brothers a Royal Charter to found Bristol Grammar School. Stamford School is founded in England by William Radcliffe. The Paris Parlement has the city's beggars arrested "to force them to work in the sewers, chained together in pairs".