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Centuries: 15th century - 16th century - 17th century

Decades: 1470s 1480s 1490s 1500s 1510s - 1520s - 1530s 1540s 1550s 1560s 1570s

Years: 1523 1524 1525 1526 1527 - 1528 - 1529 1530 1531 1532 1533


[edit] Events

  • June 19 - Battle of Landriano - A French army in Italy under Marshal St. Pol is decisively defeated.
  • November 6 - Shipwrecked Spanish conquistador Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca becomes the first known European to set foot on Texas.
  • Andrea Doria revolts against the French and establishes the independence of Genoa.
  • Montenegro gains autonomy under Turk power.
  • Maya people drive Spanish Conquistadors out of Yucatán.
  • Spain takes direct control of Acapulco.
  • Bubonic plague breaks out in England.
  • Fourth major outbreak of the sweating sickness in England. This time the disease also spreads to northern Europe
  • St George's Chapel in Windsor Castle completed.
  • Chateau Fontainebleau in France begun.
  • Cardinal Wolsey founds a college at Ipswich.
  • Michelangelo (Michelangelo Buonarroti) begins work on fortifications of Florence.
  • Baldassare Castiglione publishes The Book of the Courtier.