1526

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

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

Years: 1521 1522 1523 1524 1525 - 1526 - 1527 1528 1529 1530 1531

• Europe
  • January 14 - Treaty of Madrid[?]. Peace between Francis I of France and Charles V. Francis agrees to cede Burgundy to Charles, and abandons all claims to Flanders, Artois, Naples, and Milan.
  • May 22 - Francis repudiates the Treaty of Madrid and forms the League of Cognac[?] against Charles, including the Pope, Milan, Venice, and Florence.
  • July 24 - Milan is captured by the Spanish
  • August 29 - Battle of Mohacs. The Turkish army of Sultan Suleiman I defeats the Hungarian army of King Louis II, who is killed in the retreat. Suleiman takes Buda, while Archduke Ferdinand of Austria and John Zapolya[?], Prince of Transylvania, dispute over the succession.
  • Dubrovnik independent republic under Turk power
  • Sweden First official translation of the New Testament of the Bible to Swedish (cf 1541)
• Far East
  • India, Babur becomes Moghul[?] emperor of India, takes Delhi.
  • Emperor Go-Nara ascends to the throne of Japan

Births

• Japan, Emperor Go-Kashiwabara of Japan