1520

Year 1520 was a  (link will display the full calendar) of the.

January - June

 * - King and  defeats the  at Lake Asunde.
 * June -, ruler of  is declared deposed due to his captivity by  . His brother  rises to the throne.
 * - King and King  meet at the famous.

July - December



 * - The forces of, ruler of , gain a major victory against the forces  . This  (Night of Sorrow), results in the death of about 400 conquistadors and some 2,000 of their  allies. However, Cortés and the most skilled of his men manage to escape and later regroup.
 * - succeeds his father  as  of the.
 * October -, ruler of , dies from . He is succeeded by his nephew.
 * - begins: A successful invasion of  by  forces under the command of  results in the execution of around 100 persons (mostly nobility and clergy involved in the previous Swedish war effort).
 * - After navigating through the n, three ships under the command of explorer  reach the , becoming the first ans to sail from the  to the Pacific (the strait was later named the ).
 * - burns a copy of The Book of Canon Law (see ) and his copy of the Papal bull .

Births

 * -, Croatian Protestant reformer (d. )
 * - King (died )
 * -, queen of (died )
 * -, English statesman (died )
 * -, Italian cardinal (d. )
 * date unknown
 * , Korean monk
 * , French navigator (died )
 * , Italian music theorist, lutenist, and composer (died )
 * , last independent king of Granada (died )
 * , Japanese nobleman (died )
 * , French legal expert (died )
 * , mathematician and surveyor (died )
 * , German doctor and mathematician (died )
 * probable
 * , Flemish portrait painter (died )
 * , Spanish novelist and poet (died )
 * , Italian mannerist painter (died )


 * See also .

Deaths

 * -, Viceroy of Sweden (born )
 * -, Italian painter and architect (born )
 * -, Japanese samurai commander (born )
 * -, (born )
 * October -, Aztec ruler of Tenochtitlan
 * date unknown
 * , king of Texcoco (born )
 * , Polish bishop (born )
 * , Aztec ruler (born c)
 * , calligrapher (born )
 * probable
 * , Italian composer (born )


 * See also .