1520s

Events and trends

* Reformation; Bible translations of William Tyndale, Martin Luther and Huldrych Zwingli.
* Fall of Tenochtitlán and conquest of Mexico by the Spanish.
* 1520-66: The reign of Suleiman the Magnificent marks the zenith of the Ottoman Empire.
* 1521: Belgrade is captured by the Ottoman Empire.
* 1521: Luther is excommunicated and declared an enemy of the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation.
* 1521: Henry VIII receives title Defender of the Faith.
* 1521: San Juan Bautista is founded in the isle of San Juan, north of Caparra. It became the capital city of Puerto Rico, San Juan.
* September 6, 1522: Ferdinand Magellan's crew finishes circumnavigating the globe.
* 1523: Sweden gains independence from the Kalmar Union.
* 1523: Zwingli published "Of Divine and Human Justice" ( _de. Von gottlicher und menschlicher Gerechtigkeit) where he expounded his faith.
* 1524-25: Peasants' War in the Holy Roman Empire.
* 1526: Mughal Empire, founded by Babur, rules India until 1857.
* 1527: Sack of Rome is considered the end of the Italian RenaissanceFact|date=June 2008.
* 1529: The Siege of Vienna marks the Ottoman Empire's furthest advance into Europe.

References

Hassis, Ross. "The Immolation of Hernàn Cortés: Tenochtitlan, June 30, 1521," "What If? The World's Foremost Military Historians Imagine What Might Have Been", ed. Robert Cowley.

Parker, Geoffrey. "Martin Luther Burns at the Stake, 1521," "What If? 2: Eminent Historians Imagine What Might Have Been", ed. Robert Cowley.

Rabb, Theodore K. "If Only It had Not Been Such a Wet Summer: The Critical Decade of the 1520s," "What If? The World's Foremost Military Historians Imagine What Might Have Been", ed. Robert Cowley.

ee also

* 1520s in architecture