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1519 Calendar

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•  March 4, 1519 – Hernan Cortes arrives in Mexico in search of the Aztec civilization and their wealth.
•  April 21, 1519 – Hernán Cortés lands in Veracruz, Veracruz
•  June 28, 1519 – Charles V is elected Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire.
•  August 10, 1519 – Ferdinand Magellan’s five ships set sail from Seville to circumnavigate the globe. The Basque second in command Sebastian Elcano will complete the expedition after Magellan’s death in the Philippines.
•  August 15, 1519 – Panama City, Panama, is founded.
•  September 20, 1519 – Ferdinand Magellan sets sail from Sanlúcar de Barrameda with about 270 men on his expedition to circumnavigate the globe.
•  November 8, 1519 – Hernán Cortés enters Tenochtitlán and Aztec ruler Moctezuma welcomes him with a great celebration.

•  January 18, 1519 – Isabella Jagiełło, queen of Hungary (d. 1559)
•  February 5, 1519 – René of Châlon, (d. 1544)
•  February 17, 1519 – Francis, Duke of Guise, French soldier and politician (d. 1563)
•  March 31, 1519 – King Henry II of France (d. 1559)
•  April 13, 1519 – Catherine de' Medici, wife of Henry II of France (d. 1589)
•  May 27, 1519 – Girolamo Mei, Italian historian (d. 1594)
•  June 6, 1519 – Andrea Cesalpino, Italian philosopher and botanist (d. 1603)
•  June 12, 1519 – Cosimo I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (d. 1574)
•  June 15, 1519 – Henry FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Richmond and Somerset, illegitimate son of King Henry VIII of England (d. 1536)
•  June 24, 1519 – Theodore Beza, French theologian (d. 1605)