1527
Events January 5 - Felix Manz, co-founder of the Swiss Anabaptists, was drowned in the Limmat River in Zürich by the Zürich Reformed state church. May 6 - Spanish and German troops led by the Duke of Bourbon sack Rome (the infamous Sacco di Roma), forcing Pope Clement VII to make peace with Charles V. May 16 - Florentines drive out the Medici for a second time and Florence re-establishes a republic. Spanish conquest of Guatemala highlands completed; first Guatemala City founded (Ciudad Vieja). Spanish Conquistador Francisco de Montejo invades Yucatán. Battle of Tokay - Ferdinand of Austria defeats John Zapolya and takes over most of Hungary. John appeals to the Turks for help. Protestant Reformation begins in Sweden. Ahmed Gragn of Somalia defeats the Ethiopian army with his new firearms. People of the university of Wittenberg flee plague to Jena. Bishop Vesey's Grammar School in Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands, UK is founded by Bishop John Vesey.
Births March 21 - Hermann Finck, German composer, teacher, and music theorist May 21 - King Phillip II of Spain (d. 1598) July 13 - John Dee, mathematician, astronomer and geographer July 31 - Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor Giuseppe Arcimboldo, artistSakuma Nobumori, Japanese retainer and samurai
Deaths June 21 - Niccolň Machiavelli
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