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Birth
1521 Birth, Marriage, Death in the UK 1521- 1521
- 1521
- 1521
1521
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2nd millennium |
| Centuries: |
15th century - 16th century - 17th century |
| Decades: |
1490s 1500s 1510s - 1520s - 1530s 1540s 1550s |
| Years: |
1518 1519 1520 - 1521 - 1522 1523 1524 |
| 1521 in topic: |
| Subjects: Archaeology - Architecture - |
| Art - Literature - Music - Science |
| Leaders: State leaders - Colonial governors |
| Category: Establishments - Disestablishments |
| Births - Deaths - Works
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Year 1521 (MDXXI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Contents
- 1 Events of 1521
- 1.1 January - June
- 1.2 July - December
- 1.3 Undated
- 2 Births
- 3 Deaths
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March-April:Ferdinand Magellan's voyage around the world
- January 3 - Pope Leo X excommunicates Martin Luther in the papal bull Decet Romanum Pontificem.
- January 22 - Emperor Charles V opens the Diet of Worms.
- January 28 - The 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 16 - 18 - Martin Luther is examined before Emperor Charles V and the German Diet of Worms.
- April 24 - Revolt of the Comuneros - Battle of Villalar: Castilian royalists defeat the rebels and execute their three leaders.
- April 26 - Martin Luther leaves Worms and disappears for a year - he is rumored to be murdered, but is actually in hiding at the Wartburg Castle.
- April 27 - Magellan is killed in the Philippines.
- May - War breaks out between Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor and the King of France.
- May 17 - Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham, is executed for treason.
- May 20 - Battle of Pampeluna: The French defeat the Spanish.
May 25: Martin Luther outlaw.
- May 25 - The Diet of Worms ends when Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor issues the Edict of Worms, declaring Martin Luther an outlaw.
- June 29 or June 30 - The first document is fully written in Romanian: the letter of Neacşu, a trader from Câmpulung, to Johannes Benkner, the mayor of Braşov, warning that the Ottoman Empire is preparing its troops to cross into Wallachia and Transylvania; the script used is Romanian Cyrillic.
- 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 - Battle of Tenochtitlan: Hernán Cortés and allied local Indians defeat the Aztec forces of Cuauhtémoc, the last Aztec Emperor.
- August 13 - Emperor Cuauhtémoc surrenders to Hernán Cortés.
- August 23 - Christian II of Denmark is deposed as king of Sweden and Gustav Vasa is elected regent.
- August 29 - Belgrade is captured by the Ottoman army of Suleiman I.
- November 23 - Spanish-German-Papal forces under Prosper Colonna force French Marshal Odet de Lautrec to abandon Milan.
- Berengairo da Garbi notices the appendix.
- Neacşu's Letter, the oldest surviving Romanian document, is written.
- San Juan Bautista is founded in the Puerto Rican archipelago.
- Rjasan is captured by Moscow.
- The first child is born by Roxelana to Suleyman the Magnificent.
1521 in other calendars
| Gregorian calendar |
1521
MDXXI |
| Ab urbe condita |
2274 |
| Armenian calendar |
970
ԹՎ ՋՀ |
| Bahá'í calendar |
-323 – -322 |
| Berber calendar |
2471 |
| Buddhist calendar |
2065 |
| Burmese calendar |
883 |
| Byzantine calendar |
7029 – 7030 |
| Chinese calendar |
庚辰年十一月廿三日
(4157/4217-11-23)
— to —
辛巳年十二月初三日
(4158/4218-12-3) |
| Coptic calendar |
1237 – 1238 |
| Ethiopian calendar |
1513 – 1514 |
| Hebrew calendar |
5281 – 5282 |
| Hindu calendars |
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| - Vikram Samvat |
1576 – 1577 |
| - Shaka Samvat |
1443 – 1444 |
| - Kali Yuga |
4622 – 4623 |
| Holocene calendar |
11521 |
| Iranian calendar |
899 – 900 |
| Islamic calendar |
927 – 928 |
| Japanese calendar |
Eishō 18Daiei 1
(大永元年) |
| Korean calendar |
3854 |
| Thai solar calendar |
2064 |
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- March 21 - Maurice, Elector of Saxony (d. 1553)
- May 8 - Petrus Canisius, Dutch Jesuit (d. 1597)
- August 4 - Pope Urban VII (d. 1590)
- October 9 - Ottavio Farnese, Duke of Parma (d. 1586)
- December 1 - Takeda Shingen, Japanese warlord (d. 1573)
- December 13 - Pope Sixtus V (d. 1590)
- date unknown
- Anne Askew, English Protestant martyr (d. 1546)
- John Aylmer, English divine (d. 1594)
- Thomas Chaloner, English statesman and poet (d. 1565)
- Philippe de Monte, Flemish composer (d. 1603)
- Thomas Wyatt the younger, English rebel (d. 1554)
- See also Category: 1521 births.
- April 20 - Zhengde Emperor of China (b. 1491)
- April 25 - Juan López de Padilla, Juan Bravo and Francisco Maldonado, executed Spanish rebels
- April 27 - Ferdinand Magellan, Portuguese explorer (b. c. 1480)
- May 10 - Sebastian Brant, German humanist and satirist (b. 1457)
- May 17 - Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham (executed) (b. 1478)
- June 15 - Tamás Bakócz, Hungarian Catholic cardinal and statesman (b. 1442)
- June 21 - Leonardo Loredan, Doge of Venice (b. 1436)
- July - Juan Ponce de León, Spanish conquistador (b. 1460)
- August 27 - Josquin Des Prez, Flemish composer (b. c. 1450)
- December 1 - Pope Leo X (b. 1475)
- December 13 - King Manuel I of Portugal (b. 1469)
- date unknown
- Edward Poyning, Lord Deputy to King Henry VII of England (b. 1459)
- Stephen Hawes, English poet (b. 1502)
- See also Category: 1521 deaths.
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