Explore the major historical events, famous births, and notable deaths that occurred in the year 1520. This year saw 11 significant events.
Spanish conquistadors are expelled from Tenochtitlan following an Aztec revolt against their rule under Hernán Cortés during "La Noche Triste" (the Night of Sadness). Many soldiers drown in the escape, and Aztec emperor Moctezuma II dies in the struggle.
The Battle of Otumba was fought between the Aztec and allied forces led by the Cihuacoatl Matlatzincátzin and those of Hernán Cortés made up of the Spanish conquerors and Tlaxcalan allies.
Suleiman I (6 November 1494 – 6 September 1566), commonly known as Suleiman the Magnificent, was the Ottoman sultan from 1520 to 1566.
Portuguese navigator Ferdinand Magellan begins crossing the Pacific Ocean
Martin Luther was a German priest, theologian, author, hymnwriter, professor, and former Augustinian friar.
Battle of Raichur: Krishnadevaraya, ruler of the Indian Vijayanagara Empire successfully takes the fort of Raichur from the Sultanate of Bijapu, with 132,00 troops and 550 elephants
France and England sign treaty of Scotland
First public burning of books in Louvain, the Netherlands
Ethiopian Emperor Dawit II receives a Portuguese diplomatic mission at his camp in the Ethiopian Highlands, who regard him as Prester John, the legendary king of a lost Christian nation
Stockholm Bloodbath begins as Danish forces successfully invade Sweden and execute approximately 100 people
Friesland hit by heavy hail storm
Spanish conquistadors are expelled from Tenochtitlan following an Aztec revolt against their rule under Hernán Cortés during "La Noche Triste" (the Night of Sadness). Many soldiers drown in the escape, and Aztec emperor Moctezuma II dies in the struggle.
The Battle of Otumba was fought between the Aztec and allied forces led by the Cihuacoatl Matlatzincátzin and those of Hernán Cortés made up of the Spanish conquerors and Tlaxcalan allies.
Suleiman I (6 November 1494 – 6 September 1566), commonly known as Suleiman the Magnificent, was the Ottoman sultan from 1520 to 1566.
Portuguese navigator Ferdinand Magellan begins crossing the Pacific Ocean
Martin Luther was a German priest, theologian, author, hymnwriter, professor, and former Augustinian friar.
Battle of Raichur: Krishnadevaraya, ruler of the Indian Vijayanagara Empire successfully takes the fort of Raichur from the Sultanate of Bijapu, with 132,00 troops and 550 elephants
France and England sign treaty of Scotland
First public burning of books in Louvain, the Netherlands
Ethiopian Emperor Dawit II receives a Portuguese diplomatic mission at his camp in the Ethiopian Highlands, who regard him as Prester John, the legendary king of a lost Christian nation
Stockholm Bloodbath begins as Danish forces successfully invade Sweden and execute approximately 100 people
Friesland hit by heavy hail storm