1521
EventsJanuary 3 - Pope Leo X excommunicates Martin Luther.January 28 - Diet of Worms begins, lasting until May 25. March 6 - Ferdinand Magellan discovers Guam. March 16 - Ferdinand Magellan reaches the Philippines. April 7 - Ferdinand Magellan arrives at Cebu. April 17 - 18 - Martin Luther speaks to emperor Charles V and the German Diet of Worms. April 26 - Martin Luther leaves Worms and disappears for a year - he is rumored to be murdered but really is in hiding. April 27 - Magellan killed in the Philippines. May - Outbreak of war between Emperor Charles and the King of France. May 20 - Battle of Pampeluna. May 25 - The Diet of Worms ends when Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor issues the Edict of Worms, declaring Martin Luther an outlaw. June 30 - Battle of Esquiroz - French forces under Henri d'Albret, exiled King of Navarre, are defeated by the Spanish and forced to abandon their attempt to recover Henri's kingdom. August 8 - Hernan Cortes and allied local Indians defeat Aztec forces of Cuautemoc, the last Aztec Emperor, in the Battle of Tenochtitlan. August 13 - Emperor Cuauhtémoc surrenders to Hernan Cortes. August 29 - Capture of Belgrade by the Turkish army of Suleiman I after a brave resistance. November 23 - Spanish-German-Papal forces under Prosper Colonna force French Marshal Odet de Lautrec to abandon Milan.
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