Explore 116 historical events from 1520–1529.
Ferdinand Magellan was a Portuguese explorer best known for planning and leading the 1519–1522 Spanish expedition to the East Indies. During this expedition, he discovered the Stra…
Ferdinand Magellan, Portuguese sailor and explorer (born 1480)
Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham was an English nobleman. He was the son of Henry Stafford, 2nd Duke of Buckingham and Katherine Woodville and nephew of Elizabeth Woodville …
Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham, Welsh politician, Lord High Constable of England (born 1478)
Tamás Bakócz OP was a Hungarian archbishop, cardinal and statesman. He was a serious candidate in the 1513 papal conclave.
Tamás Bakócz, Hungarian cardinal (born 1442)
Leonardo Loredan was a Venetian nobleman and statesman who reigned as the 75th Doge of Venice from 1501 until his death in 1521. As a wartime ruler, he was one of the most importan…
Leonardo Loredan, Italian politician, 76th Doge of Venice (born 1436)
Josquin Lebloitte dit des Prez was a composer of Renaissance music, who is variously described as French or Franco-Flemish. Considered one of the greatest composers of the Renaissa…
Josquin des Prez, Flemish composer (born 1450)
Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham was an English nobleman. He was the son of Henry Stafford, 2nd Duke of Buckingham and Katherine Woodville and nephew of Elizabeth Woodville …
Edward Stafford (pictured), whose father had been beheaded for rebelling against King Richard III of England, was himsel
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
Hernán Cortés, 1st Marquis of the Valley of Oaxaca was a Spanish conquistador, military commander, explorer, captain general, and writer who led an expedition that caused the fall …
Hernan Cortés defeats Pánfilo de Narváez, sent by Spain to punish him for insubordination
The Massacre in the Great Temple, also called the Toxcatl Massacre, or the Alvarado Massacre, was an event on 22 May 1520, in the Mexica, also known as the Aztec, capital of Tenoch…
The massacre at the festival of Tóxcatl takes place during the Fall of Tenochtitlan, resulting in turning the Aztecs aga
Pope Leo X was head of the Catholic Church and leader of the Papal States from 9 March 1513 to his death in December 1521.
Pope Leo X threatens to excommunicate Martin Luther in Exsurge Domine
The Field of the Cloth of Gold was a summit meeting between King Henry VIII of England and King Francis I of France from 7 to 24 June 1520. Held at Balinghem, between Ardres in Fra…
The Field of the Cloth of Gold, a summit meeting between Henry VIII of England and Francis I of France, ends
Conquistadors or conquistadores were Spanish and Portuguese colonizers who explored, traded with, and conquered many parts of the Americas, Africa, Asia, and Oceania during the Age…
Spanish conquistadors led by Hernán Cortés fight their way out of Tenochtitlan after nightfall.
Conquistadors or conquistadores were Spanish and Portuguese colonizers who explored, traded with, and conquered many parts of the Americas, Africa, Asia, and Oceania during the Age…
Spanish conquistadores defeat a larger Aztec army at the Battle of Otumba.
Sigismund II Augustus was King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania, the son of Sigismund I the Old, whom Sigismund II succeeded in 1548. He was the first ruler of the Polish–Lith…
Sigismund II, Polish king (died 1572)
Madeleine of Valois was a French princess who briefly became Queen of Scotland in 1537 as the first wife of King James V. The marriage was arranged in accordance with the Treaty of…
Madeleine of Valois (died 1537)
Hosokawa Sumimoto was a samurai commander in the Muromachi period during the 16th century of Japan.
Hosokawa Sumimoto, Japanese commander (born 1489)
Moctezuma Xocoyotzin, retroactively referred to in European sources as Moctezuma II, and often called Montezuma, was the ninth emperor of the Aztec Empire, reigning from 1502 or 15…
Moctezuma II, Aztec ruler (born 1466)
Pope Leo X was head of the Catholic Church and leader of the Papal States from 9 March 1513 to his death in December 1521.
Pope Leo X issued the papal bull Exsurge Domine, censuring 41 propositions from Martin Luther's Ninety-five Theses and s
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 …
A revolt of citizens in Toledo, Castile, opposed to the rule of the foreign-born Charles I began when the royal governme
Pope Leo X was head of the Catholic Church and leader of the Papal States from 9 March 1513 to his death in December 1521.
Leo X issued the papal bull Exsurge Domine, censuring 41 propositions from Martin Luther's Ninety-five Theses and subseq