1527
Year '1527' (MDXXVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
| Contents |
| Events of 1527 |
| January - June |
| July - December |
| Undated |
| Births |
| Deaths |
Events of 1527
January - June
★ January 1 - Parliament on Cetin. Ferdinand of Austria was elected King of Croatia.
★ January 5 - Felix Manz, co-founder of the Swiss Anabaptists, was drowned in the Limmat in Zürich by the Zürich Reformed state church.
★ March 17 - Battle of Khanwa, one of three major Moghul victories leading to the domination of northern India.
★ 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 - In Florence, the Piagnon, a group devoted to the memory of Girolamo Savonarola, drive out the Medici for a second time and Florence re-establishes a republic that lasts until 1530.
July - December
★ August 3 - First known letter was sent from North America by John Rut while at St. John's, Newfoundland.
★ August 20 - 60 Anabaptists meet at the Martyrs' Synod.
Undated
★ Spanish conquest of Guatemala highlands completed; first Guatemala City founded (Ciudad Vieja).
★ Spanish Conquistador Francisco de Montejo invades Yucatán.
★ Battle of Tokay - Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor, defeats John Zápolya and takes over most of Hungary. John appeals to the Turks for help.
★ Protestant Reformation begins in Sweden.
★ Ahmad ibn Ibrihim al-Ghazi of Somalia defeats the Ethiopian army with his new firearms.
★ Members of the University of Wittenberg flee to Jena in fear of the bubonic plague.
★ Bishop Vesey's Grammar School in Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands, UK is founded by Bishop John Vesey.
Births
★ February 17 - Charles of Guise, French cardinal (died 1574)
★ 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)
★ ''date unknown''
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★ Giuseppe Arcimboldo, Italian artist (died 1593)
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★ Luis Ponce de León, Spanish lyric poet (died 1591)
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★ Sakuma Nobumori, Japanese retainer and samurai (died 1581)
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★ Annibale Padovano, Italian composer and organist (died 1575)
★ ''probable''
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★ Lawrence Humphrey, English clergyman and educator (died 1590)
: ''See also .''
Deaths
★ January 5 - Felix Manz, leader of the Swiss Anabaptist (executed) (born 1498)
★ January 21 - Juan de Grijalva, Spanish conquistador (born 1489)
★ March 17 - Rana Sanga, Indian leader (at the Battle of Khanwa
★ May - Thomas Docwra, Grand Prior of the Knights Hospitaller (born 1458)
★ May 6 - Charles III, Duke of Bourbon, Count of Montpensier and Dauphin of Auvergne (born 1490)
★ June 21 - Niccolò Machiavelli, Italian writer and statesman (born 1469)
★ July 28 - Rodrigo de Bastidas, Spanish conquistador and explorer (born c1460)
★ October 27 - Johann Froben, printer and publisher (born c.1460)
★ November 15- Catherine of York Aunt of Henry VIII (born 1479)
★ November 28 - Jerome Emser, German theologian (born 1477)
★ ''date unknown''
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★ Francesco Colonna, Italian Dominican priest (born 1433)
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★ Div Sultan Rumlu, Persian military leader
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★ Cristoforo Solari, Italian sculptor and architect (born c1460)
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★ Jan "Ciężki" Tarnowski, Polish nobleman (born c1479)
★ ''probable''
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★ Jane Shore, most notorious mistress of King Edward IV of England
: ''See also .''
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