destroys 109 mosques and kills an estimated 10,000 people. September 11 – Portuguese fidalgo Diogo Lopes de Sequeira becomes the first European to reach Malacca, having crossed the Gulf of Bengal. September 27 – A violent storm ravages the Dutch coast, killing potentially thousands of people. October 2 – The siege of Padua ends with Venetian victory, causing the retreat of HRE and French forces back to Tyrol and Milan. Aft. October 2 – Venetians forces reoccupy the city of Vicenza. November 4 – Afonso de Albuquerque becomes the governor of the Portuguese settlements in India. November 10 – Uriel von Gemmingen is assigned to secure others opinions before continuing the Jewish book purge started on August 19th. December – Francisco de Almeida begins his journey home to the Kingdom of Portugal from Diu, India. Date unknown Erasmus writes his most famous work, In Praise of Folly. St Paul's School, London is founded by John Colet, Dean of St Paul's Cathedral. Royal Grammar School, Guildford, England, is founded under the will of Robert Beckingham. Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School, Blackburn, England, is founded as a grammar school for boys. Georg Tannstetter is appointed by Maximilian I as the Professor of Astronomy at the University of Vienna. Johannes Pfefferkorn writes his fourth and fifth pamphlets condemning the Jewish faith and people, Das Osterbuch and Der Judenfeind. Basil Solomon becomes Syriac Orthodox Maphrian of the East. Births January 2 – Henry of Stolberg, German nobleman (d. 1572) January 3 – Gian Girolamo Albani, Italian Catholic cardinal (d. 1591) January 25 – Giovanni Morone, Italian Catholic cardinal (d. 1580) February 2 – John of Leiden, Dutch Anabaptist leader (d. 1536) February 10 – Vidus Vidius, Italian surgeon and anatomist (d. 1569) March 25 – Girolamo Dandini, Italian Cardinal March 27 – Wolrad II, Count of Waldeck-Eisenberg, German nobleman (d. 1578) April 23 – Afonso of Portugal, Portuguese Roman Catholic cardinal (d. 1540) July 4 – Magnus III of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, German Lutheran bishop of the Prince-Bishopric of Schwerin (d. 1550) July 10 – John Calvin, French religious reformer (d. 1564) July 25 – Philip II, Count of Nassau-Saarbrücken, German nobleman (d. 1554) August 3 – Étienne Dolet, French scholar and printer (d. 1546) August 7 – Joachim I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau, German prince (d. 1561) August 25 – Ippolito II d'Este, Italian cardinal and statesman (d. 1572) October 20 – Arthur Stewart, Duke of Rothesay,