1520s

Events and trends

 * ; s of, and.
 * Fall of and conquest of  by the.
 * -: The reign of marks the zenith of the.
 * : is captured by the Ottoman Empire.
 * : is excommunicated and declared an enemy of the.
 * : receives title.
 * : is founded in the isle of San Juan, north of . It became the capital city of Puerto Rico, San Juan.
 * , : 's crew finishes circumnavigating the globe.
 * :  from the.
 * : expounds his faith in formal disputation.
 * -: in the.
 * : The Ottomans conquer the at the.
 * : The one really effective soldier in the family, a young man named —who bore an uncanny resemblance to the later conqueror of Italy, —was accidentally wounded by a cannonball from one of the  guns in a small skirmish with ’s troops.
 * :, founded by , rules until.
 * : is considered the end of the.
 * : The marks the Ottoman Empire's furthest advance into Europe.