1520

1520 (MDXX) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar, the 1520th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 520th year of the 2nd millennium, the 20th year of the 16th century, and the 1st year of the 1520s decade. As of the start of 1520, 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:	1517 1518 1519 – 1520 – 1521 1522 1523

1520 in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	1520 MDXX
Ab urbe condita	2273
Armenian calendar	969 ԹՎ ՋԿԹ
Assyrian calendar	6270
Balinese saka calendar	1441–1442
Bengali calendar	927
Berber calendar	2470
English Regnal year	11 Hen. 8 – 12 Hen. 8
Buddhist calendar	2064
Burmese calendar	882
Byzantine calendar	7028–7029
Chinese calendar	己卯年 (Earth Rabbit) 4216 or 4156     — to — 庚辰年 (Metal Dragon) 4217 or 4157
Coptic calendar	1236–1237
Discordian calendar	2686
Ethiopian calendar	1512–1513
Hebrew calendar	5280–5281
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	1576–1577
- Shaka Samvat	1441–1442
- Kali Yuga	4620–4621
Holocene calendar	11520
Igbo calendar	520–521
Iranian calendar	898–899
Islamic calendar	926–927
Japanese calendar	Eishō 17 (永正１７年)
Javanese calendar	1437–1438
Julian calendar	1520 MDXX
Korean calendar	3853
Minguo calendar	392 before ROC 民前392年
Nanakshahi calendar	52
Thai solar calendar	2062–2063
Tibetan calendar	阴土兔年 (female Earth-Rabbit) 1646 or 1265 or 493     — to — 阳金龙年 (male Iron-Dragon) 1647 or 1266 or 494

Deaths

• Montezuma II (born 1466)
• Pier Gerlofs Donia (born 1480)
• April 6 – Raphael (born 1483)