1521

Year 1521 ( MDXXI ) was a Common Year Starting On Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian Calendar .

EVENTS OF 1521

January - June

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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 - 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 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 17 - Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke Of Buckingham , is executed for Treason .

May 20 - Battle Of Pampeluna .

Martin Luther

May 25 - The Diet Of Worms ends when Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor issues the Edict Of Worms , declaring Martin Luther an Outlaw .

, a trader from Câmpulung , to Johannes Benkner , the mayor of Braşov , warning that the Ottoman Empire was preparing its troops to cross into Wallachia and Transylvania ; the script used was Romanian Cyrillic .

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.

July - December

August 8 - Hernán Cortés and allied local Indians defeat Aztec forces of Cuauhtémoc , the last Aztec Emperor , in the Battle Of Tenochtitlan .

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 - Capture of Belgrade by the Ottoman 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 .

Undated

Berengairo Da Garbi notices the Appendix .

Neacşu's Letter , the oldest surviving Romanian document, was written.

San Juan Bautista is founded in the Puerto Rican Archipelago .

Capture of Rjasan through Moscow

BIRTHS

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 .''

DEATHS

April 20 - Zhengde Emperor of China (b. 1491 )

April 27 - Ferdinand Magellan , Portuguese explorer (born c 1480 )

May 10 - Sebastian Brant , German humanist and satirist (b. 1457 )

May 17 - Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke Of Buckingham (executed) (born 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 (born c 1450 )

December 1 - Pope Leo X (born 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 .''

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