1521
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Years: 1518 1519 1520 -
1521 -
1522 1523 1524\n|-\n| align="center" colspan=2 |
Decades: 1490s 1500s 1510s -
1520s -
1530s 1540s 1550s\n|- \n| align="center" |
Centuries: 15th century -
16th century -
17th century\n|}\n
Events
\n*January 3 - Pope Leo X excommunicates Martin Luther\n*January 28 - Diet of Worms begins, lasting until May 25.\n* March 6 - Ferdinand Magellan discovers Guam\n* March 16 - Ferdinand Magellan reaches the Philippines\n* April 17 - 18 - Martin Luther speaks to emperor Charles V and the German Diet of Worms\n* April 26 - Martin Luther leaves Worms and disappears for a year - he is rumored to be murdered but really is in hiding\n* April 27 - Magellan killed in the Philippines\n* May - Outbreak of war between Emperor Charles and the King of France.\n* May 20 - Battle of Pampeluna\n* May 25 - The Diet of Worms ends when Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor issues the Edict of Worms, declaring Martin Luther an outlaw. \n* 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.\n* August 8 - Hernan Cortes and allied local Indians defeat Aztec forces of Cuautemoc, the last Aztec Emperor, in the Battle of Tenochtitlan - emperor surrenders\n* August 29 - Capture of Belgrade by the Turkish army of Suleiman I after a brave resistance.\n* November 23 - Spanish-German-Papal forces under Prosper Colonna force French Marshal Odet de Lautrec to abandon Milan.
Births
\n* May 8 -
Petrus Canisius,
Jesuit (+
1597)\n*
August 4 -
Pope Urban VII (+
1590)\n*
December 13 -
Pope Sixtus V (+
1590)
Deaths
\n*April 27 -
Battle of Mactan: Portuguese explorer
Ferdinand Magellan is killed by natives in the
Philippines. \n*
September 22 -
Selim I,
Ottoman Sultan\n*
December 1 -
Pope Leo X
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