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=== April&ndash;June ===
* [[April 3]]&ndash; [[Estêvão da Gama (16th century)|Estêvão da Gama]] becomes the new Governor of [[Portuguese India]].
* [[April 7]]&ndash; The English cathedral priories of [[Canterbury Cathedral|Canterbury]] and [[Rochester Cathedral|Rochester]] are transformed into secular cathedral chapters on Easter Sunday, concluding the [[Dissolution of the Monasteries]].<ref>James Clark, ''The Dissolution of the Monasteries: A New History'' (Yale University Press, 2021)  p.454</ref>
* [[April 12]]&ndash; Printing of the first translation of the [[New Testament]] into the [[Icelandic language]] is completed after King [[Christian III of Denmark]] finishes having [[Oddur Gottskálksson]]'s text compared to the original Latin.<ref>{{cite web|title=Oddur Gottskálksson's Translation of the New Testament|url=https://landsbokasafn.is/index.php?mact=News,cntnt01,detail,0&cntnt01articleid=750&cntnt01origid=1&cntnt01detailtemplate=LBS_KjorgripurDetail&cntnt01returnid=1|access-date=8 February 2021|publisher=Landsbókasafn Íslands Háskólabókasafn|location=Reykjavík, Iceland}}</ref>
* [[May 17]] &ndash; Battle of Kannauj: [[Sher Shah Suri]] defeats and deposes [[Mughal Empire|Mughal Emperor]] Humayan, establishing the [[Sur Empire]].
* [[June 10]] &ndash; [[Thomas Cromwell]], Chief Minister for King Henry VIII, is arrested at meeting of the [[Privy Council of England]] at [[Westminster]] and charged with treason. Cromwell is removed from his positions as [[Chancellor of the Exchequer]], [[Lord Privy Seal]], [[Lord Great Chamberlain]] and [[Governor of the Isle of Wight]], and will be executed on July 28.