1523

Years: 1520 1521 1522 - 1523 - 1524 1525 1526
Decades: 1490s 1500s 1510s - 1520s - 1530s 1540s 1550s
Centuries: 15th century - 16th century - 17th century

Events

April - Battle of Villalors - Forces loyal to Emperor Charles V defeat the Comuneros, a league of urban bourgeois rebelling against Charles in Spain.
June 6 - Gustav Vasa becomes King of Sweden, establishing finally its full independence from Denmark.

Births

April 5 - Blaise de Vigen�re

Deaths

May 23 - Ashikaga Yoshitane, Ashikaga shogun
September 14 - Pope Adrian VI

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