1527
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January 5 -
Felix Manz, co-founder of the
Swiss Anabaptists, was drowned in the
Limmat River in
Zürich by the Zürich Reformed state church.
*
May 6 -
Spanish and
German troops led by the
Duke of Bourbon sack
Rome (the infamous
Sacco di Roma), forcing
Pope Clement VII to make peace with
Charles V.
*
May 16 - Florentines drive out the
Medici for a second time and
Florence re-establishes a
republic.
*
August 3 - First known letter was sent from North America by
John Rut while at
St. John's,
Newfoundland.
*
Spanish conquest of
Guatemala highlands completed; first
Guatemala City founded (Ciudad Vieja).
*
Spanish Conquistador
Francisco de Montejo invades
Yucatán.
*
Battle of Tokay -
Ferdinand of Austria defeats
John Zapolya and takes over most of Hungary. John appeals to the Turks for help.
*
Protestant Reformation begins in
Sweden.
*
Ahmed Gragn of
Somalia defeats the
Ethiopian army with his new
firearms.
* People of the
university of Wittenberg flee
bubonic plague to
Jena.
*
Bishop Vesey's Grammar School in
Sutton Coldfield,
West Midlands,
UK is founded by
Bishop John Vesey.
*
March 21 -
Hermann Finck, German composer and music theorist (died
1558)
*
April 14 -
Abraham Ortelius, Flemish cartographer and geographer (died
1598)
*
July 13 -
John Dee, English mathematician, astronomer, and geographer (died
1608)
*
July 31 -
Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor (died
1576)
*
October 21 -
Louis I, Cardinal of Guise, French cardinal (d.
1578)
*
Giuseppe Arcimboldo, Italian artist (died
1593)
*
Charles of Guise, French cardinal (died
1574)
*
Lawrence Humphrey, English clergyman and educator (died
1590)
*
Luis Ponce de León, Spanish lyric poet (died
1591)
*
Sakuma Nobumori, Japanese retainer and samurai (died
1581)
*
Annibale Padovano, Italian composer and organist (died
1575)
See also :Category: 1527 births.*
January 5 -
Felix Manz, leader of the Swiss Anabaptist (executed) (born
1498)
*
January 21 -
Juan de Grijalva, Spanish conquistador (born
1489)
*
June 21 -
Niccolò Machiavelli, Italian writer and statesman (born
1469)
*
July 28 -
Rodrigo de Bastidas, Spanish conquistador and explorer
*
November 28 -
Jerome Emser, German theologian (born
1477)
*
Boabdil, last Moorish king of Granada
*
Charles III, Duke of Bourbon, Count of Montpensier and Dauphin of Auvergne (born
1490)
*
Francesco Colonna, Italian Dominican priest (born
1433)
*
Thomas Docwra, Grand Prior of the Knights Hospitaller (born
1458)
*
Cristoforo Solari, Italian sculptor and architect
*
Jan "Ciezki" Tarnowski, Polish nobleman
See also :Category: 1527 deaths.
