Today in History for Year 1520

Months in Year 1520: January February March April June July August September October November December

Historical Events

Events 1 - 18 of 18

Jan 18th - Christian II of Denmark & Norway defeats Swedes at Lake Asunde
Jan 19th - Sten Sture the Younger, the Regent of Sweden, was mortally wounded at the Battle of Bogesund.
Jun 6th - France & England sign treaty of Scotland
Jun 30th - Spanish conquerors under Cortes take gold from Aztecs
Jun 30th - The Spaniards are expelled from Tenochtitlan.
Jul 10th - King Charles V & King Henry VIII signs treaty of Calais
Jul 14th - Battle of Otumba Mexico: Hernan Cortes & Tlascala's vs Aztecs
Sep 30th - Suleiman I succeeds his father Selam I as sultan of Turkey
Oct 7th - 1st public burning of books in Netherlands, in Louvain
Oct 15th - King Henry VIII of England orders bowling lanes at Whitehall
Oct 21st - Ferdinand Magellen arrives at Tierra Del Fuego (Pacific Ocean)
Oct 23rd - King Carlos I crowned, German emperor Charles V
Nov 4th - Danish/Norwegian king Christian II crowned king of Sweden
Nov 8th - Stockholm Bloodbath begins: A successful invasion of Sweden by Danish forces results in the execution of around 100 people.
Nov 9th - Swedish King Christian II executes 600 nobles
Nov 20th - Friesland hit by heavy hail storm
Nov 28th - Ferdinand Magellan begins crossing Pacific Ocean
Dec 10th - Martin Luther publicly burned papal edict demands he recant

Famous Birthdays

Birthdays 1 - 5 of 5

Jan 1st - Franciscus Balduinus, [Francois Baudouin], lawyer
Mar 3rd - Matthias Flacius, Croatian Protestant reformer (d. 1575)
Aug 1st - Sigismund II Augustus, King of Poland (1548-72)
Aug 10th - Madeleine de Valois, wife of James V of Scotland (d. 1537)
Sep 13th - William Cecil 1st baron Burghley, English premier

Famous Deaths

Deaths 1 - 7 of 7

Feb 5th - Sten Sture the Younger, regent of Sweden (b. 1493)
Apr 6th - Raphael [Sanzio], artist (Sistine Madonna), dies on his 37th birthday
Jun 24th - Hosokawa Sumimoto, Japanese samurai commander (b. 1489)
Jun 30th - Montezuma II, the last Aztec emperor, killed
Sep 21st - Selam I Jawuz, the Barse, poet/cruel sultan of Turkey, dies
Sep 22nd - Selim I, captured Baghdad/Sultan of Turkey (1512-20), dies at 53
Oct 28th - Pier Gerlofs Donia, Frisian pirate and freedom fighter