In the year 1520, King Christian II of Denmark and Norway defeats the Swedes at Lake Åsunden in Sweden (Jan 19), Pope Leo X threatens Martin Luther with excommunication (Jun 15), the Spaniards defeat the Aztecs at Otumba (Jul 20), Christian II makes his triumphant entry into Stockholm (Sep 7) and is crowned king of Sweden (Nov 4), whereupon the Stockholm Bloodbath takes place (Nov 8-10), Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan with crew become the first Europeans to sail from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific through the South American strait (Nov 28) – and all these fine people were born:
1520-0107 Peder Oxe* Danish finance minister (1575/55)
1520-05xx Per Brahe the Elder* nephew of King Gustav – Sweden (1590/70)
1520-1224 Martha Leijonhuvfud* politically active noble – Ekeberg, Närke, Sweden (1584/63)
1521-0405 Francesco Laparelli* architect/assistant of Michelangelo – Cortona, Republic of Florence (1570/49)
1521-0819 Lodovico Guicciardini* writer/merchant – Florence (1589/67)
1521-1201 Takeda Shingen* pre-eminent warlord(daimyo) in feudal Japan – Kai Province, Japan (1573/51)
1522-0202 Lodovico Ferrari* mathematician – Bologna, Italy (1565/43)
1523-1010 Ludwig Rabus* theologian/martyrologist – Memmingen, Germany (1592/68)
1524-1004 Francisco Vallés* physician/ teacher – Covarrubias, Spain (1592/67)
1525-0629 Peter Agricola* – Holzheim, Germany (1585/60)
1526-1101 Catherine Jagiellon* wife of King John III of Sweden – Krakow, Poland (1583/56)
1527-0713 John Dee* astronomer/astrologer/occult philosopher – Tower Ward, London, England (1608/81)
1528-0621 Maria of Austria* Holy Roman Empress – Madrid, Spain (1603/74)
1529-0810 Ernst Vögelin* publisher – Konstanz, Germany (1589)
Updated 28.10.2019
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