1521 Calendar
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1521 Historical Event(s)
January 3, 1521
– Pope Leo X excommunicates Martin Luther in the papal bull Decet Romanum Pontificem.
April 7, 1521
– Ferdinand Magellan arrives at Cebu.
April 16, 1521
– Martin Luther’s first appearance before the Diet of Worms to be examined by the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V and the other estates of the empire.
April 23, 1521
– Battle of Villalar: King Charles I of Spain defeats the Comuneros.
April 27, 1521
– Battle of Mactan: Explorer Ferdinand Magellan is killed by natives in the Philippines led by chief Lapu-Lapu.
May 17, 1521
– Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham, is executed for treason.
May 20, 1521
– Battle of Pampeluna: Ignatius Loyola is seriously wounded.
May 25, 1521
– The Diet of Worms ends when Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, issues the Edict of Worms, declaring Martin Luther an outlaw.
August 13, 1521
– Tenochtitlán (present day Mexico City) falls to conquistador Hernán Cortés.
August 29, 1521
– The Ottoman Turks capture Nándorfehérvár, now known as Belgrade.
Who Were Born On 1521?
March 21, 1521
– Maurice, Elector of Saxony (d. 1553)
May 8, 1521
– Petrus Canisius, Dutch Jesuit (d. 1597)
August 4, 1521
– Pope Urban VII (d. 1590)
September 13, 1521
– William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley, English statesman (d. 1598)
December 1, 1521
– Takeda Shingen, Japanese warlord (d. 1573)
December 13, 1521
– Pope Sixtus V (d. 1590)