4th » Election of Christian III called Christian III is elected King of Denmark and Norway in the town of Old Rye or Rye.
7th » European colonization of the Americas: first known exchange between Europeans and natives of the Gulf of Saint Lawrence known as Gulf of St. Lawrence in New Brunswick.
24th » France called French Exploration named explorer Jacques Cartier plants a cross on the Gaspé Peninsula and takes possession of the territory in the name of Francis I of France.