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Years:
1518 1519 1520 - 1521 - 1522 1523 1524
Decades:
1490s 1500s 1510s - 1520s - 1530s 1540s 1550s
Centuries:
15th century - 16th century - 17th century

Events

  • January 3 - Pope Leo X excommunicates Martin Luther.
  • January 28 - Diet of Worms begins, lasting until May 25.
  • March 6 - Ferdinand Magellan discovers Guam.
  • March 16 - Ferdinand Magellan reaches the Philippines.
  • April 7 - Ferdinand Magellan arrives at Cebu.
  • April 17 - 18 - Martin Luther speaks to emperor Charles V and the German Diet of Worms.
  • April 26 - Martin Luther leaves Worms and disappears for a year - he is rumored to be murdered but really is in hiding.
  • April 27 - Magellan killed in the Philippines.
  • May - Outbreak of war between Emperor Charles and the King of France.
  • May 20 - Battle of Pampeluna.
  • May 25 - The Diet of Worms ends when Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor issues the Edict of Worms, declaring Martin Luther an outlaw.
  • June 30 - Battle of Esquiroz - French forces under Henri d'Albret, exiled King of Navarre, are defeated by the Spanish and forced to abandon their attempt to recover Henri's kingdom.
  • August 8 - Hernan Cortes and allied local Indians defeat Aztec forces of Cuautemoc, the last Aztec Emperor, in the Battle of Tenochtitlan.
  • August 13 - Emperor Cuauhtémoc surrenders to Hernan Cortes.
  • August 29 - Capture of Belgrade by the Turkish army of Suleiman I after a brave resistance.
  • November 23 - Spanish-German-Papal forces under Prosper Colonna force French Marshal Odet de Lautrec to abandon Milan.
  • Berengairo da Garbi notices appendix.
  • The New Testament translated to English in part by William Tyndale.
  • Births

  • May 8 - Petrus Canisius, Jesuit (+ 1597)
  • August 4 - Pope Urban VII (+ 1590)
  • December 13 - Pope Sixtus V (+ 1590)
  • Philippe de Monte, Flemish composer of over 1000 madrigals
  • Deaths

  • April 27 - Battle of Mactan: Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan is killed by natives in the Philippines.
  • May 17 - execution of Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham, for treason
  • August 27 - Josquin Desprez, renowned Franco-Flemish composer, leading representative of the Renaissance polyphonic style
  • September 22 - Selim I, Ottoman Sultan
  • December 1 - Pope Leo X
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