1524

Year 1524 was a  (link will display the full calendar) of the.

January - June

 * , 1524/ - lands near  (approx. date).
 * - - Spanish forces under  defeat the French army in Italy under .  The French now commanded by, withdraw from Italy.



July - December

 * - - Siege of by Imperial forces under the.
 * - A French army invading Italy under King besieges Pavia.
 * - Francisco Hernandez de Cordoba founds the city of, the oldest Hispanic city in the mainland of the Western Hemisphere.

Undated

 * is the first European to sight the island of, the future.
 * in (1524-1525).
 * capital of falls to the  es.

Births

 * -, German politician and diplomat (died )
 * -, French cardinal (d. )
 * -, Bishop of the Yucatán (died )
 * -, (died )
 * -, French Protestant lawyer and writer (died )
 * -, Swiss theologian (died )
 * -, French poet (died )
 * date unknown
 * , royal secretary of Poland (died )
 * , French soldier (died )
 * , Japanese warlord (died )
 * , French lawyer and author (died ); and his twin brother,, French lawyer and author (died )
 * , English poet and farmer (died )


 * See also .

Deaths

 * -, Croatian poet (born )
 * -, French soldier (b. )
 * -, English soldier and statesman (born )
 * -, (born )
 * -, Spanish conquistador (born )
 * -, queen of (born )
 * -, Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports
 * -, Flemish painter (born c)
 * -, English humanist and physician (born )
 * -, Portuguese explorer (born c)
 * date unknown
 * , German painter (born )
 * , Italian painter (born )
 * , Chinese painter (born )
 * See also .