1523



Year 1523 was a  (link will display the full calendar) of the.

January - June

 * - becomes King of, establishing finally its full independence from.

July - December

 * - succeeds  as the 219th.

Undated

 * in Germany.

Births

 * -, French diplomat and cryptographer (died )
 * - (died )
 * - French church leader and pretender to the throne (died )
 * -, daughter of Sigismund I of Poland (died )
 * -, queen of Poland (died )
 * date unknown
 * , Spanish military leader (died )
 * , Italian anatomist and physician (died )
 * , Spanish conquistador (died )
 * probable
 * , Flemish painter (died )
 * , English poet (died )


 * See also .

Deaths

 * -, Chancellor of the University of Cambridge
 * -, German knight (born )
 * -, Japanese shogun (born )
 * -, English politician (born )
 * -, Flemish artist (born c. )
 * -, Lutheran reformer (born )
 * - (born )
 * October -, English composer (born )
 * date unknown
 * , Italian jurist (born )
 * , Italian painter (born )
 * probable
 * , Spanish navigator (born )


 * See also .