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★16 Nov 1532
Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire: Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizarro orchestrated a surprise attack in Cajamarca, Peru, capturing the Sapa Inca, Atahualpa.

★26 Jul 1533
During the Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire, conquistador Francisco Pizarro executed the last independent emperor, Atahualpa, in Cajamarca.

★30 May 1536
Jane Seymour, a former lady-in-waiting, became Queen of England by marrying King Henry VIII.

★20 Apr 1537
Bacatá, the main settlement of the Muisca Confederation, was conquered by Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada during the Spanish conquest of the Muisca, effectively ending the Confederation in the Colombian Eastern Andes.

★25 Aug 1537
The Honourable Artillery Company, currently the oldest surviving regiment in the British Army, was formed by Royal Charter from King Henry VIII.

★12 Jul 1543
King Henry VIII of England married Catherine Parr, his sixth and last wife, at Hampton Court Palace.

★29 Nov 1549
After the death of Pope Paul III, a papal conclave with an unprecedented number of cardinal electors convened to determine his successor.

★23 Jan 1565
The Deccan sultanates defeated the Vijayanagara Empire at the Battle of Talikota in present-day Karnataka, ending the last great Hindu kingdom in South India.

★13 Mar 1567
A Spanish mercenary army surprised a band of rebels at the Battle of Oosterweel in the Habsburg Netherlands, beginning the Eighty Years' War.

★23 Sep 1568
Anglo-Spanish War: At San Juan de Ulúa, Spanish naval forces forced English privateers to halt their illegal trade.

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