1520s
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Centuries: | 15th century - 16th century - 17th century |
Decades: | 1490s 1500s 1510s - 1520s - 1530s 1540s 1550s |
Years: | 1500 1501 1502 1503 1504 1505 1506 1507 1508 1509 |
[edit] Events
- Aztecs surrender to the Spanish conquistadors.
- Ferdinand Magellan takes a trip around the world, and discovers the Phillipines and Guam.
- Martin Luther and the Protestant Reformation
[edit] Births
[edit] Deaths
- Ferdinand Magellan, Spanish explorer (1521)
- Zhengde, Emperor of China (1521)
- Marko Marulic, Croatian poet (1524)
- Vasco da Gama, Portuguese explorer (1524)
- Niccolò Machiavelli, Italian writer and statesman.