Centuries: 15th century - 16th century - 17th century

Decades: 1470s 1480s 1490s 1500s 1510s - 1520s - 1530s 1540s 1550s 1560s 1570s

Years: 1518 1519 1520 1521 1522 - 1523 - 1524 1525 1526 1527 1528

Table of contents

1 Events 2 Births 3 Deaths

Events

• April - Battle of Villalors - Forces loyal to Emperor Charles V defeat the Comuneros, a league of urban bourgeois rebelling against Charles in Spain.
• June 6 - Gustav Vasa becomes King of Sweden, establishing finally its full independence from Denmark.

• April 5 - Blaise de Vigenère