1521

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.

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