1529

Year '1529' was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

Contents

Events of 1529

January - June

July - December

Undated

Births

Deaths

Events of 1529

January - June

★ March 7/9 - At the Battle of Shimbra Kure, Imam Ahmad ibn Ibrihim al-Ghazi, with 200 men armed with matchlocks, defeats the army of Lebna Dengel, Emperor of Ethiopia.

★ April 19 - At the Diet of Speyer, a group of rulers (''German:'' Fürst) and independent cities (''German:'' Reichsstadt) protests the reinstatement of the Edict of Worms, beginning the Protestant movement.

★ April 22 - Treaty of Saragossa divides the eastern hemisphere between Spain and Portugal, stipulating that the dividing line should lie 297.5 leagues or 17° east of the Moluccas.

★ May 10 - The Turkish army under Suleiman I leaves Constantinople to once again invade Hungary.

July - December

★ August 5 - Emperor Charles V and Francis I of France sign the Treaty of Cambrai, or the "Ladies' Peace". Francis abandons his claims in Italy, but is allowed to retain Burgundy.


★ September 8

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★ Recapture of Buda by the invading Turkish forces.

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★ The city of Maracaibo in Venezuela is founded by Ambrosius Ehinger.

★ September 23 - Vienna is besieged by Turkish forces of Suleiman.

★ October 15 - With the season growing late, Suleiman abandons the siege.

Undated

★ Thomas Wolsey, Archbishop of York, fails to bring about the divorce and annulment Henry VIII had sought and is forced to resign.

★ Aylesbury is granted the county town of Buckinghamshire in England by King Henry VIII.

★ Stephen Báthory becomes governor of Transylvania.


★ Boromrajathira IV succeeds Rama Thibodi II as king of Ayutthaya.

★ Fluorine is first described by Georg Agricola.

★ Giorgio Vasari visits Rome.

★ Pietro Bembo becomes historiographer of Venice.

★ Heinrich Bullinger becomes pastor of Bremgarten.

★ Diet of Speyer takes place.

Births

★ April 3 - Michael Neander, German mathematician and historian (d. 1581)

★ April 25 - Francesco Patrizi, Italian philosopher and scientist (died 1597)

★ June 7 - Étienne Pasquier, French lawyer and writer (died 1615)

★ June 14 - Archduke Ferdinand II of Austria, regent of Tyrol and Further Austria (died 1595)

★ ''date unknown''

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★ Titu Cusi, Inca ruler of Vilcabamba (died 1571)

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★ Giambologna, Italian sculptor (died 1608)

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★ Henry Sidney, lord deputy of Ireland (died 1586)

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★ Michał Wiśniowiecki, prince at Wiśniowiec (died 1584)

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★ Taddeo Zuccari, Italian painter (died 1566)
: ''See also .''

Deaths

★ January 7 - Peter Vischer the Elder, German sculptor (born 1455)

★ February 2 - Baldassare Castiglione, Italian writer and diplomat (born 1478)

★ February 4 - Ludwig Haetzer, German Protestant reformer (executed) (born 1500)

★ April 20 - Silvio Passerini, cardinal and lord of Florence (born 1469)

★ June 21 - John Skelton, English poet (born c1460)

★ September 6 - George Blaurock, Swiss founder of Anabaptist church (born 1491)

★ November 20 - Karl von Miltitz, papal nuncio (born ca. 1490)

★ ''date unknown''

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★ Krishnadevaraya, Vijaynagar emperor

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★ Andrea Sansovino, Italian sculptor (born 1467)

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★ Petrus Särkilahti, Finnish Lutheran and scientist

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★ Wang Yangming, Chinese official (born 1472)

★ ''probable''

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★ Lo Spagna, Italian painter
: ''See also .''