1521
year
1521 (MDXXI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar, the 1521st year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 521st year of the 2nd millennium, the 21st year of the 16th century, and the 2nd year of the 1520s decade. As of the start of 1521, the Gregorian calendar was 10 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 15th century – 16th century – 17th century |
| Decades: | 1490s 1500s 1510s – 1520s – 1530s 1540s 1550s |
| Years: | 1518 1519 1520 – 1521 – 1522 1523 1524 |
| Gregorian calendar | 1521 MDXXI |
| Ab urbe condita | 2274 |
| Armenian calendar | 970 ԹՎ ՋՀ |
| Assyrian calendar | 6271 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 1442–1443 |
| Bengali calendar | 928 |
| Berber calendar | 2471 |
| English Regnal year | 12 Hen. 8 – 13 Hen. 8 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2065 |
| Burmese calendar | 883 |
| Byzantine calendar | 7029–7030 |
| Chinese calendar | 庚辰年 (Metal Dragon) 4217 or 4157 — to — 辛巳年 (Metal Snake) 4218 or 4158 |
| Coptic calendar | 1237–1238 |
| Discordian calendar | 2687 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1513–1514 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5281–5282 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1577–1578 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1442–1443 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4621–4622 |
| Holocene calendar | 11521 |
| Igbo calendar | 521–522 |
| Iranian calendar | 899–900 |
| Islamic calendar | 927–928 |
| Japanese calendar | Eishō 18 / Daiei 1 (大永元年) |
| Javanese calendar | 1438–1439 |
| Julian calendar | 1521 MDXXI |
| Korean calendar | 3854 |
| Minguo calendar | 391 before ROC 民前391年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | 53 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2063–2064 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阳金龙年 (male Iron-Dragon) 1647 or 1266 or 494 — to — 阴金蛇年 (female Iron-Snake) 1648 or 1267 or 495 |
Events
change- April 17 – Martin Luther speaks to the assembly at the Diet of Worms, refusing to recant his teachings.
- May 17 – Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham, is executed for treason.
- August 13 – The ruler of the Aztec Empire surrenders to Spanish conquistadors. This ends the Aztec Empire.[1]
- August 29 – The Ottoman Turks capture Nándorfehérvár, now known as Belgrade
Births
change- July – Juan Ponce Enrile (b. 1460)
- August 4 – Pope Urban VII (d. 1590)
Deaths
change- April 21 – Ferdinand Magellan (b. 1480)
References
change- ↑ Somervill, Barbara A. (2009). Empire of the Aztecs. Infobase Publishing. p. 63-69. ISBN 978-1604131499.