1523
| Years: 1520 1521 1522 – 1523 – 1524 1525 1526 | |
| Decades: 1490s 1500s 1510s – 1520s – 1530s 1540s 1550s | |
| Centuries: 15th century – 16th century – 17th century | |
Events
- April – Battle of Villalors – Forces loyal to Emperor Charles V defeat the Comuneros, a league of urban bourgeois rebelling against Charles in Spain.
- June 6 – Gustav Vasa becomes King of Sweden, establishing finally its full independence from Denmark.
Births
- April 5 – Blaise de Vigenère, French diplomat and cryptographer (d. 1596)
Deaths
- May 23 – Ashikaga Yoshitane, Japanese shogun (b. 1466)
- September 14 – Pope Adrian VI (b. 1459)
Categories: 1523