1521

Year 1521 was a  (link will display the full calendar) of the.

January - June

 * - excommunicates  in the  .
 * - opens the.
 * - begins, lasting until.
 * - discovers.
 * - reaches the.
 * - arrives at.
 * - -  is examined before  and the.
 * - leaves  and disappears for a year - he is rumored to be murdered but really is in hiding.
 * - killed in the.
 * May - Outbreak of war between  and the King of.
 * -, is executed for.
 * - The ends when  issues the, declaring  an.
 * or - the first document fully written in : the letter of, a trader from , to , the mayor of , warning that the  was preparing its troops to cross into  and ; the script used was.
 * - : forces under, exiled King of , are defeated by the  and forced to abandon their attempt to recover Henri's kingdom.

July - December

 * - and allied local  defeat  forces of, the last , in the.
 * -  surrenders to.
 * - is deposed as  and  is elected.
 * - Capture of by the  army of.
 * - -- forces under force    to abandon.

Undated

 * notices the.
 * , the oldest surviving Romanian document, was written.
 * is founded in the.
 * Capture of through

Births

 * - (d. )
 * -, Dutch Jesuit (d. )
 * - (d. )
 * - (d. )
 * -, Japanese warlord (d. )
 * - (d. )
 * date unknown
 * , English Protestant martyr (d. )
 * , English divine (d. )
 * , English statesman and poet (d. )
 * , Flemish composer (d. )
 * , English rebel (d. )


 * See also .

Deaths

 * - of China (b. )
 * -, Portuguese explorer (born c)
 * -, German humanist and satirist (b. )
 * - (executed) (born )
 * -, Hungarian Catholic cardinal and statesman (b. )
 * -, Doge of Venice (b. )
 * July -, Spanish conquistador (b. )
 * -, Flemish composer (born c)
 * - (born )
 * - King (b. )
 * date unknown
 * , Lord Deputy to King (b. )
 * , English poet (b. )


 * See also .