1526
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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.
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May 22 - Francis repudiates the Treaty of Madrid and forms the
League of Cognac against Charles, including the
Pope, Milan, Venice, and Florence.
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July 24 - Milan is captured by the Spanish.
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August 29 -
Battle of Mohács. 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.
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Dubrovnik achieves independence, although acknowledges
Turkish overlordship.
* First official translation of the
New Testament of the
Bible in
Swedish (cf
1541).
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First battle of Panipat -
Babur becomes
Moghul (or Mughal) emperor of
India, captures
Delhi, and invades Northern India, beginning the
Mughal Empire which would last until
1857.
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Emperor Go-Nara ascends to the throne of
Japan.
* First complete printed translation of the
New Testament in English by
William Tyndale arrives in England from Germany about the spring of 1526.
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February 19 -
Charles de L'Ecluse, Flemish botanist (died
1609)
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April 12 -
Muretus, French humanist (died
1585)
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May 21 - King
Philip II of Spain (d.
1598)
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Henry Carey, 1st Baron Hunsdon (died
1596)
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Catherine Jagellonica of Poland, queen of
John III of Sweden (died
1583)
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Ikoma Chikamasa, daimyo in the Azuchi-Momoyama period and Edo period (died
1603)
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Taqi al-Din, Muslim scientist (died
1585)
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Konstanty Wasyl Ostrogski, Lithuanian prince (died
1608)
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Henry Manners, 2nd Earl of Rutland, Lord Lieutenant of Nottinghamshire (died
1563)
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January 19 -
Isabella of Burgundy, queen of
Christian II of Denmark (born
1501)
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February 1 -
Charles Somerset, 1st Earl of Worcester (born
1460)
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February 23 -
Diego Colón, Spanish Viceroy of the Indies
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March 30 -
Konrad Mutian, German humanist (born
1471)
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April 21 -
Ibrahim Lodi, last Sultan of Delhi (died in battle)
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May 19 -
Emperor Go-Kashiwabara of Japan (born
1464)
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August 4 -
Juan Sebastián Elcano, Spanish explorer (born
1476)
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August 29 - King
Louis II of Hungary and Bohemia (killed in battle) (born
1506)
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Abu Bakr ibn Muhammad, sultan of
Adal (assassinated)
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Lucas Vásquez de Ayllón, Spanish explorer (born
1475)
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Francisco Hernández de Córdoba, founder of the Spanish colony of Nicaragua
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Conrad Grebel, co-founder of the Anabaptist movement (born
1498)
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Conradus Mutianus Rufus, German humanist (born
1471)
