1520 To 15241520x - Military, Technology The sunken profile of fortresses is well established in military engineering.
x - The Reformation Protestantism is established.
x - Suleiman I, the Magnificent, becomes sultan of the Ottoman Empire.
x - The Reformation Martin Luther writes 3 seminal documents: To the Christian Nobility, On the Babylonian Captivity of the Church, andThe Freedom of a Christian
x - Japan Hosokawa Sumimoto dies and is succeded by Harumoto.
x - Magellan's fleet made its way down the east coast of South America looking for a passage to the Pacific Ocean.
x - The Santiago wrecked in rough seas.
x - Mexico Pedro de Alvarado and other Spaniards massacre people at T?xcatl festival
jan 18 - Christian II of Denmark & Norway defeats Swedes at Lake Asunde.
feb 24 - On his twentieth birthday, Charles V was crowned emperor of the Holy Roman Empire by Pope Leo X. Charles was to be the last emperor crowned by a pope.
mar 31 - Magellan's fleet decided to spend the winter in Patagonia. The area where they settled was called San Julian.
may 00 - Mexico Cort?s leaves Tenochtitlan to fight army brought by Panf?lo de Narv?ez
sum 00 - Magellan sends the Santiago on a reconnaissance mission down the coast to look for a passage to the other side of the continent.
jun 00 - Mexico Moctezuma killed
jun 00 - Mexico Cuitlahuac chosen as tlatoani ruler of Tenochtitlan
jun 06 - France & England sign treaty of Scotland.
jun 11 - Martin Luther published his Papacy at Rome.
jun 15 - The Reformation Pope Leo X issues a papal bull, Exsurge Domine, condemning Martin Luther as a heretic.It gives Martin Luther 60 days to recant or be excommunicated
jun 24 - Mexico Cort?s returns to Tenochtitlan
jun 30 - Aztecs besieged Cort?s in Tenochtitlan; "la noche triste" The Night of Sadness, Cort?s retreated. The Spaniards suffer heavy losses leaving Tenochtitlan.
jun 30 - Spanish conquerors under Cort?s take gold from Aztecs.
jun 30 - Montezuma II, the last Aztec emperor, killed.
jul 00 - Mexico Spaniards reach Tlaxcala and are welcomed
jul 10 - King Charles V and King Henry VIII signs treaty of Calais.
jul 14 - Battle of Otumba MexicoCort?s & Tlascala's vs Aztecs.
aug 18 - Martin Luther publishes his Open Letter to the Christian Nobility, laying the groundwork for the Reformation.
aug la - Magellan decides moves the remaining four ships south to look for a passage.
sep 22 - Selim I, captured Baghdad/Sultan of Turkey r.1512-
sep 30 - Suleiman I succeeds his father Selim I as sultan of Turkey.
oct 00 - Mexico Plague ravages Tenochtitlan
oct 00 - Magellan's fleet sight a strait and started through it. Magellan named it the strait of All Saints, but it later was named after him. The strait was a tricky passage that took the fleet 38 days to pass. During the passage, the captain of the San Antonio sailed his ship back toward Spain, taking with him most of the fleet's provisions.
oct 06 - Martin Luther published his Babylonian Captivity of the Church.
oct 07 - 1st public burning of books in Netherlands, in Louvain.
oct 15 - King Henry VIII of England orders bowling lanes at Whitehall.
oct 21 - Ferdinand Magellen arrives at Tierra Del Fuego (Pacific Ocean).
oct 23 - King Carlos I crowned, German emperor Charles V.
nov 04 - Danish/Norwegian king Christian II crowned king of Sweden.
nov 09 - Swedish King Christian II executes 600 nobles.
nov 20 - Friesland hit by heavy hail storm.
nov 25 - Philipp Melanchthon, at the urging of Martin Luther and other Reformers, married Katharina Krapp, the daughter of the mayor of Wittenberg.
nov 28 - Ferdinand Magellan begins crossing Pacific Ocean.
dec 00 - Mexico Cuitlahuac dies from smallpox.
dec 10 - The Reformation Martin Luther and Philipp Melanchthon burned the papal bull threatening excommunication for Luther and several books advocating the authority of the Pope on a bonfire. Luther was excommunicated less than a month later.
1521x - Japan Oda Nobuhide of Owari takes Nagoya Castle from the Imagawa.
x - Japan M?ri Motonari allies with the Amako.
x - Japan Miyoshi Motonaga establishes the 'Mandokoro', the Miyoshi headquarters in Settsu; The Miyoshi increasingly distance them selves from the Hosokawa.
x - Japan Takeda Harunobu (Shingen) is born.
x - Japan First year of Daiei.
jan 00 - Magellan stops off at an island to feast on fish, crabs, and seabird eggs, but without fresh fruit and vegetables, scurvy still plagued the crew.
jan 03 - The Reformation Pope Leo X excommunicates Martin Luther.
jan 28 - The Reformation The Diet of Worms opens. The meeting was convened to question Martin Luther on his writings.
feb 00 - Mexico Cuaht?moc becomes tlatoani or ruler of Tenochtitlan
mar 06 - Magellan discovers Guam.Magellan's crew stops in Guam and were able to supply the ships with food including fresh fruit, vegetables, and water.
mar 10 - Charles V, the Holy Roman Emperor, declared Martin Luther's writings were to be burned.
mar 16 - Magellan's fleet discovers Zamal (Samar).
mar 16 - Portuguese navigator Ferdinand Magellan reaches Philippines.
mar 17 - Magellan lands on Homohon.
mar 17 - Ferdinand Magellan discovers the Philippines.
mar 31 - Ferdinand Magellan takes possession of Homohon, Archipelago of St Lazarus.
apr 02 - The Reformation Martin Luther begins his trip to Worms to the Imperial Diet where he had been summoned by the Church to be questioned about his writings.This journey was like a victory march. He was welcomed enthusiastically in all of the towns he went through. He preached in Erfurt, Gotha and Eisenach.
apr 07 - Ferdinand Magellan' fleet reaches Cebu.
apr 07 - The Reformation Inquisitor-general Adrian Boeyens bans Lutheran books.
apr 14 - Johannes Marbach is born.Marbach will champion Lutheranism in Strabourg and take an active role in the development of the Formula of Concord.
apr 16 - The Reformation Martin Luther arrives in Worms on and was cheered and welcomed by the people.As Martin Luther enters Worms to be questioned on his challenges to the Church, the Elector begs him not to enter, as his death has already been decided. Luther responds: "If there were as many devils at Vorms as tiles on its roofs, I would enter."
apr 17 - Martin Luther is excommunicated from Roman Catholic Church.
apr 18 - The Reformation At the Diet of Worms, Martin Luther refuses to recant his writings on Scripture, proclaiming: "Here I stand; I can do no otherwise. God help me. Amen!"
apr 18 - The Reformation Parliament of Worms: Cardinal Alexander questions Martin Luther.
apr 21 - Battle at Villalar: Emperor Charles I beats Communards.
apr 22 - French king Fran?ois I declares war on Spain.
apr 27 - Ferdinand Magellan, world traveler, killed by Filipino natives at 50.Magellan is involved in the natives' tribal warfare and is killed in battle. Sebastian del Cano took over the remaining three ships and 115 survivors. Because there were not enough men to crew three ships, del Cano had the Concepcion burned.
apr 28 - Treaty of Worms: Emperor Charles names his brother Ferdinand Arch duke of Neth-Austria.
may 00 - Mexico Spaniards besiege Tenochtitlan
may 00 - Mexico Spaniards cut off water to Tenochtitlan
may 08 - During the Diet of Worms, Charles V, the Holy Roman Emperor, made a secret pact with Pope Leo X to declare war on France.
may 08 - Parliament of Worms installs edict against Martin Luther.
may 12 - Henry VIII of England burned Martin Luther's writings in front of St. Paul's Cathedral, London. Henry later wrote: "If Luther will not be converted, let him and his writings be burned together."
may 20 - Ignatius Loyola seriously wounded by a cannon ball.
may 25 - Charles V, the Holy Roman Emperor, issued the Edict of Worms, condemning the Reformation and placing Martin Luther under a ban.
may 28 - Pope Leo X signs treaty with German emperor Charles V.
may 28 - Willem van Croij, duke of Soria, dies at about 62.
sum 00 - Cort?s, accompanied by thousands of Indian mercenaries, sacked and besieged Tenochtitlan. Their capital in ruins and their emperor dead, the Aztecs finally collapsed. Cortes named his conquest New Spain and sent out expeditions to extend Spanish power over the continent.
jun 00 - Mexico Spaniards attempt to enter Tenochtitlan
jul 00 - Mexico Spaniards decide to destroy Tenochtitlan
jul 13 - Belgium Martin Luther's writings were burned in Antwerp.
jul 25 - About 300 heretics burned in Vrijdagmarkt Gent.
aug 06 - In a letter to Georg Spalatin, Martin Luther swore that "they will never force a wife on me." Four years later, he married Katerina von Bora.
aug 07 - Mexico Pedro de Alvarado suffers heavy losses trying to take marketplace of Tlatelolco
aug 13 - Mexico Cuaut?moc imprisoned. The battle for Tenochtitlan is over
aug 28 - Turkish sultan Suleiman I's troops occupy Belgrade.
oct 11 - Pope Leo X titles King Henry VIII of England "Defender of the Faith".
oct 25 - Emperor Charles V bans wooden buildings in Amsterdam.
nov 00 - Magellan's ships make it to the Moluccas (Spice Islands)
nov 19 - Battle at MilanEmperor Charles V's/pontifical/Spanish/German troops beat France and occupy Milan.
nov 20 - Arabs attribute shortage of water in Jerusalem to Jews making wine.
dec 01 - Leo X, Giovanni de' Medici, Italian Pope r.1513-1521, dies at 45. re.List of Popes
dec 13 - Felice Peretti/"Montalto", Pope Sixtus V, bishop of Fermo/Pope r.1585-
dec 25 - Andreas Karlstadt, pastor of the Wittenberg City Parish Church, gave Communion in German and allowed the laity to take the bread and wine in their hands.
1522x - Japan Sen no Rikyu, the celebrated tea master, is born.
x - Martin Luther produced his first Bible translation.
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x - Japan The Akamatsu lose Mimasaka and Bizen to the Urakami, their former vassals.
jan 09 - Adrian VI, Adriaan F Boeyens becomes pope u.1523 re.List of Popes only Dutch pope
jan 30 - Duke of Albany takes captured French back to Scotland.
feb 07 - Treaty of Brussels: Habsburgers split into Spanish/Austrian Branches.
apr 27 - Battle at BicaccaCharles I & Pope Adrianus VI beat France.
apr 29 - Emperor Charles V names Frans van Holly inquisitor-gen of Netherlands.
may 10 - Martin Luther publishes the first part of his New Testament translation.
may 25 - Emperor Charles I returns to Spain.
may 30 - French troops driven out of Genoa.
jun 24 - Battle at La Bicocca Emperor Charles V beats France.
aug 11 - Uprising of adel/burgerij in Austria fails.
sep 06 - Almost three years from the day it began its historic journey, the Victoria and 18 crew members, (Pigafetta among them) arrived in Spain. It was the first vessel to circumnavigate the globe.
sep 08 - Spanish navigator Juan de Elcano returns to Spain, completes 1st circumnavigation of globe, expedition began under Ferdinand Magellan.
sep 21 - Melchior Lotther printed the first copies of Martin Luther's German translation of the New Testament.
oct 15 - Emperor Karel I names Hernan Cortes governor of Mexico.
nov 09 - Martin Chemnitz is born.Chemnitz will be a student of Philipp Melanchthon and assisted in the writing of the Formula of Concord.
nov 14 - Anne de Beaujeu, daughter of French king Louis XI, dies at 61.
dec 25 - Turkish troops occupy Rhodos.
1523x - Japan Merchants from Sakai and Hakata clash in the Chinese port of Ningpo.
x - Japan August Sue Yorifusa and Tomoda Yorifuji clash at Tomoda (Aki).
x - Pedro de Alvarado conquered the regions of Guatemala and El Salvador, which together then constituted much of Central America.u.
apr 07 - Katharina von Bora and six other nuns arrived in Wittenberg after escaping from the Nimbschen convent.
may 01 - Danish king Christian III arrives in Veere.
may 07 - Franz von Sickingen, Germ knight/protect of poor, dies of wounds at 42.
jun 06 - Gustavus I becomes king of Sweden Swedish National Day.
jun 12 - Frisian rebel leader Jancko Douwama arrested.
jul 01 - In Brussels, two former Augustinian monks, Henry Vos and John van den Eschen, became the first martyrs of the Reformation after being burned at the stake as heretics.
aug 29 - Ulrich von Hutten, German poet/humanist/patriot, dies at 35.
sep 14 - Adrian VI, Adriaan F Bieyens, only Dutch Pope r.1522-
sep 19 - Emperor Charles I and England sign anti-French covenant.
oct 27 - English troops occupy Montalidier France.
nov 19 - Giulio de' Medici becomes Pope Clement VII. u.1534 re.List of Popes
nov 30 - Amsterdam bans assembly of heretics.
dec 01 - France The Protestant Reformation begins in Strasbourg.
1524x - Japan In The Battle of Takanawahara (also known as the Seige of Edo), H?j? Ujitsuna defeats Ota Suketaka, a Uesugi vassal, expanding H?j? power deeper into the Kanto.
x - The German Peasant's Wars and 1525.
x - Witch hunts happened almost everyday.
mar 19 - Giovanni de Varrazano of France sights land around area of Carolinas.
apr 07 - Philip of Burgundy, bishop of Utrecht, dies.
apr 17 - Giovanni Verrazano, a florentine navigator, discovers New York Bay.
apr 24 - Duke of Bourbon drives admiral Bonnivet out of Milan.
may 20 - Duke of Albany leaves Scotland.
may 30 - Selim II Sari, the blonde, sultan of Turkey r.1566-
jun 27 - Earl Henry III of Nassau weds Mencia de Medoza, 16-years old marquess.
jun 28 - Duke van Bourbon occupies Province.
jul 10 - Japan O?chi Yoshioki captures Sakurao Castle (Aki) and forces Tomoda Yorifuji to submit.
jul 26 - James I (12) becomes king of Scotland.
aug 09 - Martin Luther published his Lectures on Joel.
aug 19 - Emperor Charles V's troops besieges Marseille.
aug 22 - Martin Luther debates Andreas Karlstadt.
sep 29 - Emperor Charles V's troops give siege of Marseille.
oct 15 - Joachim Patinir, Flemish landscape painter, dies at about 45.
oct 26 - Spanish troops give Milan to France.
nov 00 - Japan Takeda Nobutora makes peace with Hojo Ujitsuna.
nov 14 - Pizarro's begins 1st great expedition, near Colombia.
dec 10 - Henry van Zutphen, Dutch Augustine/Luthern minister, burned to death.
dec 12 - Pope Clement VII approves Organization of Jewish Community of Rome.
dec 24 - Vasco da Gama, Portuguese explorer/viceroy of Cochin, dies at about 55 .
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