1529 Japanese Tendai monks massacre Nicheren Buddhists in Kyoto. 1530 Luther, as an outlaw, cannot attend Diet of Augsburg , held in attempt to end religious division in the Holy Roman Empire. Philipp Melanchthon, Luther's co-worker, presents the Augsburg Confession , a statement of Lutheran beliefs and thus founds the Lutheran church. 1531 Earthquake in Lisbon, Portugal kills 30,000. Lutheran states form the Schmalkaldic League as an alliance against the Holy Roman Empire.
Inquisition begins in Portugal.
1533 Francisco Pizarro captures the Inca capital Cuzco and conquers Peru. He orders the execution by strangulation of the last Inca. Luther publishes complete German Bible. 1534 Henry VIII breaks England away from the Catholic church, confiscates monastic property, and declares himself its head, thus beginning the Episcopal Church. The 1537 edition received royal license, but was banned in 1546.