first European settlement in Argentina, is destroyed by local natives. September 8 Buda is recaptured by the invading forces of the Ottoman Empire. The city of Maracaibo, Venezuela is founded by Ambrosius Ehinger. September 27 – Siege of Vienna: Vienna is besieged by the Ottoman forces of Suleiman the Magnificent. October 15 – With the season growing late, Suleiman abandons the Siege of Vienna (a turning point in the Ottoman wars in Europe). October 26 – Cardinal Wolsey falls from power in England, due to his failure to prevent Habsburg expansion in Europe, and obtain an annulment of Henry VIII's marriage. Thomas More succeeds him as Lord Chancellor. November 4–December 17 – The English Reformation Parliament is first seated. Date unknown Aylesbury is granted the county town of Buckinghamshire, England by King Henry VIII. Stephen Báthory becomes governor of Transylvania. Borommarachathirat IV succeeds Ramathibodi II as king of Ayutthaya. Fluorite is first described, by Georg Agricola. Giorgio Vasari visits Rome. Pietro Bembo becomes historiographer of Venice. Heinrich Bullinger becomes pastor of Bremgarten, Switzerland. Paracelsus uses that name for the first time and visits Nuremberg. German polymath Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa publishes Declamatio de nobilitate et praecellentia foeminei sexus ("Declamation on the Nobility and Preeminence of the Female Sex"), a book pronouncing the theological and moral superiority of women. A summit level canal between Alster and the Trave in Germany opens to navigation. Births January 8 – John Frederick II, Duke of Saxony (d. 1595) January 13 – Ebba Månsdotter, Swedish noble (d. 1609) February 14 – Markus Fugger, German businessman (d. 1597) February 23 – Onofrio Panvinio, Augustinian historian (d. 1568) April 3 – Michael Neander, German mathematician and historian (d. 1581) April 25 – Francesco Patrizi, Italian philosopher and scientist (d. 1597) May 12 – Sabina of Brandenburg-Ansbach, German princess (d. 1575) June 7 – Étienne Pasquier, French lawyer, poet and author (d. 1615) June 14 – Ferdinand II, Archduke of Austria, regent of Tyrol and Further Austria (d. 1595) July 16 – Petrus Peckius the Elder, Dutch jurist, writer on international maritime law (d. 1589) July 20 – Henry Sidney, lord deputy of Ireland (d. 1586) July 24 – Charles II, Margrave of Baden-Durlach (d. 1577) August 10 – Ernst Vögelin, German publisher (d. 1589) September 1 – Taddeo Zuccari, Italian painter (d. 1566) September 25 – Günther XLI, Count of Schwarzburg-Arnstadt (d. 1583) October 26 – Anna of