Explore 163 historical events from 1520–1529.
Emperor Go-Kashiwabara was the 104th emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession. He reigned from November 16, 1500, to May 19, 1526. His personal name was …
Emperor Go-Kashiwabara of Japan (born 1464)
Franz von Sickingen was a knight of the Holy Roman Empire who, with Ulrich von Hutten, led the so-called "Knights' War". He is posthumously known as the "Last Knight", an epithet s…
Franz von Sickingen, German knight (born 1481)
Peter Canisius was a Dutch Jesuit priest known for his strong support for the Catholic faith during the Protestant Reformation in Germany, Austria, Bohemia, Moravia, Switzerland an…
Peter Canisius, Dutch-Swiss priest and saint (died 1597)
Martin Luther was a German priest, theologian, author, hymnwriter, professor, and former Augustinian friar. Luther was the seminal figure of the Protestant Reformation, and his the…
Trial of Martin Luther begins its second day during the assembly of the Diet of Worms
The Revolt of the Comuneros was an uprising by citizens of Castile against the rule of Charles I and his administration between 1520 and 1521. At its height, the rebels controlled …
The Revolt of the Comuneros begins in Spain against the rule of Charles V
Martin Luther was a German priest, theologian, author, hymnwriter, professor, and former Augustinian friar. Luther was the seminal figure of the Protestant Reformation, and his the…
Trial of Martin Luther over his teachings begins during the assembly of the Diet of Worms
The Lodi dynasty was an Afghan royal family that ruled the Sultanate of Delhi from 1451 to 1526. It was the fifth and final dynasty of the Delhi Sultanate, and was founded by Bahlu…
The last ruler of the Lodi dynasty, Ibrahim Lodi, is defeated and killed by Babur in the First Battle of Panipat
The Treaty of Zaragoza or Saragossa, also called the Capitulation of Zaragoza or Saragossa, was a peace treaty between Castile and Portugal, signed on 22 April 1529 by King John II…
Treaty of Zaragoza divides the eastern hemisphere between Spain and Portugal along a line 297
The Swedish War of Liberation, also known as Gustav Vasa's Rebellion and the Swedish War of Secession, was a significant historical event in Sweden. Gustav Vasa, a nobleman, led a …
Swedish War of Liberation: Swedish troops defeat a Danish force in the Battle of Västerås
Franciscus Patricius was a philosopher and scientist from the Republic of Venice. A native of Cres, he was a defender of Platonism and an opponent of Aristotelianism.
Francesco Patrizi, Italian philosopher and scientist (died 1597)
The Reformation, also known as the Protestant Reformation or the European Reformation, was a time of major theological movement in Western Christianity in 16th-century Europe that …
Beginning of the Protestant Reformation: After the Second Diet of Speyer bans Lutheranism, a group of rulers (German: Fü
The Treaty of Zaragoza or Saragossa, also called the Capitulation of Zaragoza or Saragossa, was a peace treaty between Castile and Portugal, signed on 22 April 1529 by King John II…
Treaty of Zaragoza divides the eastern hemisphere between Spain and Portugal along a line 297
Francisco Pizarro was a Spanish conquistador, best known for his expeditions that led to the Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire.
Francisco Pizarro González, Spanish conquistador, is appointed governor of Peru.
Sancti Spiritu was a fortification established in 1527 near the Paraná River by the explorer Sebastian Cabot. It was the first European settlement in the territory of modern Argent…
The Spanish fort of Sancti Spiritu, the first one built in modern Argentina, is destroyed by indigenous people.
The Kingdom of France is the historiographical name or umbrella term given to various political entities of France in the medieval and early modern period. It was one of the most p…
French forces are driven out of northern Italy by Spain at the Battle of Landriano during the War of the League of Cogna
The 1529 siege of Vienna was the first attempt by the Ottoman Empire to capture the city of Vienna in the Archduchy of Austria, part of the Holy Roman Empire. Suleiman the Magnific…
The Siege of Vienna begins when Suleiman I attacks the city.
The 1529 siege of Vienna was the first attempt by the Ottoman Empire to capture the city of Vienna in the Archduchy of Austria, part of the Holy Roman Empire. Suleiman the Magnific…
The Siege of Vienna ends when Austria routs the invading Ottoman forces, ending its European expansion.
Franciscus Patricius was a philosopher and scientist from the Republic of Venice. A native of Cres, he was a defender of Platonism and an opponent of Aristotelianism.
Francesco Patrizi, Italian philosopher and scientist (died 1597)
Étienne Pasquier was a French lawyer and man of letters. By his own account he was born in Paris on 7 June 1529, but according to others he was born in 1528. He was called to the P…
Étienne Pasquier, French lawyer and jurist (died 1615)
Ferdinand II, Archduke of Austria was ruler of Further Austria and Imperial Count of Tyrol since 1564. The son of Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor, he first married Philippine Welse…
Ferdinand II, Archduke of Austria (died 1595)
Petrus Peckius the Elder, was a Netherlandish jurist, one of the first to write about international maritime law, and the father of Petrus Peckius the Younger.
Petrus Peckius the Elder, Dutch jurist, writer on international maritime law (died 1589)
Charles II, Margrave of Baden-Durlach, nicknamed Charles with the bag, governed the Margravate of Baden-Durlach from 1552 to 1577. On 1 June 1556 Charles issued a new Church Order,…
Charles II, Margrave of Baden-Durlach (died 1577)
Günther XLI, Count of Schwarzburg-Arnstadt, nicknamed "the Quarrelsome" or Bellicosus, was the ruling count of Schwarzburg from 1552 to 1571 and then Count of Schwarzburg-Arnstadt …
Günther XLI, Count of Schwarzburg-Arnstadt (died 1583)
Anna of Hesse was a princess of Hesse by birth and marriage Countess Palatine of Zweibrücken.
Anna of Hesse, princess of Hesse (died 1591)
Cecily Bonville, 7th Baroness Harington, 2nd Baroness Bonville was an English peer, who was also Marchioness of Dorset by her first marriage to Thomas Grey, 1st Marquess of Dorset,…
Cecily Bonville, 7th Baroness Harington, English noblewoman (born 1460)
John Skelton, also known as John Shelton was an English poet, playwright, priest, and tutor to King Henry VIII of England. Writing in a period of linguistic transition between Midd…
John Skelton, English poet and educator (born 1460)
The War of the League of Cognac (1526–1530) was fought between the Habsburg dominions of Charles V—primarily the Holy Roman Empire and Spain—and the League of Cognac, an alliance i…
War of the League of Cognac: The French army under Francis de Bourbon was destroyed in Lombardy, Italy, by the Spanish a
The Ottoman–Habsburg wars were fought from the 16th to the 18th centuries between the Ottoman Empire and the Habsburg monarchy, which was at times supported by the Kingdom of Hunga…
Ottoman–Habsburg wars: The siege of Vienna ended with Austrian forces repelling the invading Turks, turning the tide…
Maria of Austria or Maria of Spain, also known as Isabel, was the empress consort and queen consort of Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor, King of Bohemia and Hungary. She served as…
Maria of Austria, Holy Roman Empress (died 1603)
Julius of Brunswick-Lüneburg, a member of the House of Welf, was Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg and ruling Prince of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel from 1568 until his death. From 1584, he als…
Julius, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (died 1589)
Anna of Austria, a member of the Imperial House of Habsburg, was Duchess of Bavaria from 1550 until 1579, by her marriage with Duke Albert V.
Archduchess Anna of Austria (died 1590)
Emmanuel Philibert, known as Testa di ferro, was the 10th Duke of Savoy and ruler of the Savoyard states from 17 August 1553 until his death in 1580. He is notably remembered for r…
Emmanuel Philibert, Duke of Savoy (died 1580)
Eric II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg was Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg and ruler of the Principality of Calenberg from 1540 to 1584. Since 1495 the Principality of Göttingen was incorp…
Eric II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (died 1584)
Otto II, Duke of Brunswick-Harburg, nicknamed the Younger, or the Famous was from 1549 until his death the Duke of Brunswick-Harburg.
Otto II, Duke of Brunswick-Harburg (died 1603)