The explorer John Cabot, aboard the 'Matthew', made a British claim to land in Canada, mistaking it for Asia.
1509
The coronation of Henry VIII and Katherine of Aragon was held at Westminster Abbey
Pablo Picasso had his first major exhibition outside of Spain at Ambroise Vollard's gallery on Paris’ rue Lafitte. He was nineteen years old at the time and relatively unknown outside of Barcelona, even though he had already created hundreds of paintings, 75 of which were displayed at the exhibition.