Editing 1521

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[[File:Лютер в Вормсе.jpg|thumb|250px|[[January 22]]: The [[Diet of Worms]] parliament is opened by Emperor Charles V in the German city of [[Worms, Germany|Worms]].]]
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'''1521''' ('''[[Roman numerals|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.

== Events ==
<onlyinclude>[[File:Scrisoarea-lui-neacsu-din-campulung.jpg|thumb|[[Neacșu's letter]], the oldest surviving document written in Romanian has the oldest appearance of the word "Rumanian"]]

=== January&ndash;March ===
* [[January 3]] &ndash; [[Pope Leo X]] excommunicates [[Martin Luther]], in the [[papal bull]] ''[[Decet Romanum Pontificem]]''.<ref>{{cite book|author=Michael M. Tavuzzi|title=Prierias: The Life and Works of Silvestro Mazzolini Da Prierio, 1456-1527|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=V58f64kc4EQC&pg=PA80|year=1997|publisher=Duke University Press|isbn=0-8223-1976-4|pages=80}}</ref>
* [[January 22]] &ndash; [[Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor]], opens the [[Diet of Worms]] in [[Worms, Germany]].<ref>{{cite book|author1=Hugh Chisholm|author2=James Louis Garvin|title=The Encyclopædia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature & General Information|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=i4dGAQAAIAAJ|year=1926|publisher=Encyclopædia Britannica Company|page=137}}</ref>
* [[January 27]] &ndash; [[Suleiman the Magnificent]] suppresses a revolt by the ruler of [[Damascus Eyalet|Damascus]], [[Janbirdi al-Ghazali]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Pitcher |first1=Donald Edgar |title=An Historical Geography of the Ottoman Empire: From Earliest Times to the End of the Sixteenth Century |date=1972 |publisher=Brill Archive |page=113 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8gs4AAAAIAAJ&q=january |access-date=25 July 2023 |language=en}}</ref>
* [[February 2]] &ndash; The [[Nydala Abbey Bloodbath]] takes place at [[Nydala Abbey]], [[Sweden]]; the abbot and many monks are murdered by Danes.<ref>{{cite book|title=The Downside Review|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qQ5OAQAAIAAJ|year=1970|publisher=Downside Abbey|page=284}}</ref> 
* [[March 6]]
** [[Ferdinand Magellan]] makes the first European contact with [[Guam]],<ref>{{cite book |title=Annual Economic Review and Statistical Abstract, Guam |date=1994 |publisher=Economic Research Center, Department of Commerce |page=1 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hDO0AAAAIAAJ&q=%20%22first%20european%22%20march%206%201521 |access-date=25 July 2023 |language=en}}</ref> most likely landing in [[Tumon]].<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Rogers |first1=Robert F. |last2=Ballendorf |first2=Dirk Anthony |title=Magellan's Landfall in the Mariana Islands |journal=The Journal of Pacific History |date=1989 |volume=24 |issue=2 |pages=193–208 |doi=10.1080/00223348908572614 |jstor=25169001 |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/25169001 |access-date=25 July 2023 |issn=0022-3344|url-access=subscription }}</ref>
** [[Martin Luther]] is summoned to appear before the [[Diet of Worms]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Gritsch |first1=Eric W. |title=Martin - God's Court Jester: Luther in Retrospect |date=1 May 2009 |publisher=Wipf and Stock Publishers |isbn=978-1-60608-637-7 |page=40 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5B5MAwAAQBAJ&dq=Martin+Luther+diet+of+worms+%226+march+1521%22&pg=PA40 |access-date=25 July 2023 |language=en}}</ref>
* [[March 16]] &ndash; [[Ferdinand Magellan]] reaches the [[Philippines]], in eastern [[Samar]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Arcilla |first1=José S. |title=An Introduction to Philippine History |date=1998 |publisher=Ateneo University Press |isbn=978-971-550-261-0 |page=1 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uxEYobbU-D8C&dq=%2216+march+1521%22+ferdinand+magellan+philippines&pg=PA1 |access-date=25 July 2023 |language=en}}</ref>
* [[March 31]] &ndash; The [[First Mass in the Philippines]] is held.<ref>{{cite book|author=Rosario Mendoza Cortes|title=The Filipino Saga: History as Social Change|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7hdwAAAAMAAJ|year=2000|publisher=New Day Publishers|isbn=978-971-10-1055-3|page=29}}</ref>

=== April&ndash;June ===
* [[April 7]]
** [[Ferdinand Magellan]] arrives at [[Cebu]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Aluit |first1=Alphonso J. |title=The Philippines: Comprehensive, Authoritative, Up-to-date |date=1990 |publisher=Solar Publishing Company |isbn=978-971-17-0637-1 |page=305 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GWZxAAAAMAAJ&q=%227%20april%201521%22 |access-date=25 July 2023 |language=en}}</ref>
** [[Martin Luther]] preaches an inflammatory sermon to students at [[Erfurt]], while on his way to Worms.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Old |first1=Hughes Oliphant |title=The Reading and Preaching of the Scriptures in the Worship of the Christian Church, Volume 4: The Age of the Reformation |date=2 May 2002 |publisher=Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing |isbn=978-0-8028-4775-1 |page=7 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jhw1eKcDtHYC&q=%227+april%22 |access-date=25 July 2023 |language=en}}</ref>
* [[April 16]]&ndash;[[April 18|18]] &ndash; [[Martin Luther]] is examined before [[Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor|Emperor Charles V]] and the [[Diet of Worms]], where he refuses to recant his writings and allegedly proclaims, "Here I stand", regarding his belief in the Bible alone, as the standard of Christian doctrine.
* [[April 23]] &ndash; [[Revolt of the Comuneros]] &ndash; [[Battle of Villalar]]: [[Crown of Castile|Castilian]] royalists defeat the rebels.<ref name="REV">{{cite book |last1=Haliczer |first1=Stephen |title=The Comuneros of Castile : the forging of a revolution, 1475-1521 |date=1981 |publisher=University of Wisconsin Press |location=Madison |isbn=978-0-299-08500-1 |page=204 |url=https://archive.org/details/comunerosofcasti0000hali/page/204/mode/2up?q=%22april+23%22 |access-date=25 July 2023}}</ref> [[Juan López de Padilla]], [[Francisco Maldonado]], and [[Juan Bravo]] are executed the following day as the leaders of the rebels.
* [[April 26]] &ndash; [[Martin Luther]] leaves [[Worms, Germany|Worms]] and disappears for around a year<ref>{{cite web |title=HISTORY OF THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH* |url=https://www.ccel.org/s/schaff/history/7_ch04.htm |website=www.ccel.org |access-date=25 July 2023}}</ref> &ndash; he is rumored to be murdered, but is actually in hiding at the [[Wartburg]] castle.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Saxl |first1=Fritz |title=A heritage of images: a selection of lectures |date=1970 |publisher=Penguin Books |location=Harmondsworth |isbn=978-0-14-055088-7 |page=112 |url=https://archive.org/details/heritageofimages0000saxl/page/112/mode/2up?q=%2226+april%22 |access-date=25 July 2023}}</ref>
* [[April 27]] &ndash; [[Battle of Mactan]]: [[Ferdinand Magellan]] is killed in the [[Philippines]] when he confronts [[Lapulapu]], the chief of the island.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Martínez-García |first1=Ángeles |last2=Gómez-Aguilar |first2=Antonio |title=Magallanes: Building a Hero |journal=Revista Latina de Comunicación Socia |date=2019 |volume=74 |pages=618–636 |url=https://www.proquest.com/openview/4e2cd8eca7b7e13b7c9b0034f79870a4/1?pq-origsite=gscholar&cbl=236244 |access-date=25 July 2023 |language=en}}</ref>
* [[April]] or [[May]] &ndash; [[Battle of Tunmen]] in [[Tuen Mun]] (present-day Hong Kong): The Ming Dynasty navy defeats the Portuguese navy<ref>{{cite book |last1=Hao |first1=Zhidong |title=Macau History and Society |date=1 January 2011 |publisher=Hong Kong University Press |isbn=978-988-8028-54-2 |pages=11–12 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LP9q1dzVRYQC&q=%22april%22+tunmen |access-date=25 July 2023 }}</ref> (arguably the first Sino-European battle in world history).
* [[May 17]] &ndash; [[Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham]], is executed for [[treason]] in [[Tower Hill]].<ref name="ES">{{cite journal |last1=Harris |first1=Barbara |title=The Trial of the Third Duke of Buckingham-A Revisionist View |journal=The American Journal of Legal History |date=1976 |volume=20 |issue=1 |pages=15–26 |doi=10.2307/844847 |jstor=844847 |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/844847 |access-date=25 July 2023 |issn=0002-9319|url-access=subscription }}</ref>
* [[May 20]] &ndash; At the [[Battle of Pampeluna]] in [[Italy]], and alliance of forces from [[France|French]] and the [[Kingdom of Navarre]] forces defeat those of [[Spain]].<ref>{{cite book|title=Studies|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JTrhAAAAMAAJ|year=1985|publisher=Studies|page=230}}</ref>
* [[May 25]] &ndash; The [[Diet of Worms]] ends when [[Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor]] issues the [[Edict of Worms]], declaring [[Martin Luther]] an outlaw and banning his literature.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Darian-Smith |first1=Eve |title=Religion, Race, Rights: Landmarks in the History of Modern Anglo-American Law |date=20 May 2010 |publisher=Bloomsbury Academic |isbn=978-1-84113-729-2 |page=28 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xt4pAQAAMAAJ&q=%20outlaw |access-date=26 July 2023 |language=en}}</ref>
* [[May 27]] &ndash; After death of his cousin, [[Jiajing Emperor|Jiajing]], Prince Zhu Houcong became the new [[Ming dynasty]] Emperor of China, taking the imperial name of the  [[Jiajing Emperor|Emperor Jiajing]] becomes the new.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Geiss |first1=James |title=The Cambridge History of China|volume=7: The Ming Dynasty, 1368–1644 |date=1988 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=978-0-521-24332-2 |pages=440–510 |url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/abs/cambridge-history-of-china/chiaching-reign-15221566/60E9B518B7E3782006F9CC5DF0C4932D |access-date=26 July 2023 |chapter=The Chia-ching reign, 1522–1566}}</ref>
* [[June 25]] &ndash; [[Suleiman the Magnificent]] begins the [[Siege of Belgrade (1521)|siege of Belgrade]].
* [[June 29]] or [[June 30|30]] &ndash; The oldest surviving dateable document written primarily in the [[Romanian language]]: [[Neacșu's letter]], written by a trader from [[Câmpulung]], to Johannes Benkner, the mayor of [[Brașov]], warning that the [[Ottoman Empire]] is preparing its troops to cross into [[Wallachia]] and [[Transylvania]]; the script used is [[Romanian Cyrillic alphabet|Romanian Cyrillic]].
* [[June 30]] &ndash; [[Battle of Esquiroz]]: [[Kingdom of France|French]] forces under [[André de Foix]], fighting for the exiled King of [[Navarre]] [[Henry II of Navarre|Henri d'Albret]], are defeated by the [[Spanish Empire|Spanish]], and forced to abandon their attempt to recover Henri's kingdom.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Soraluce |first1=Nicolás de |title=Historia de la m. n. y m. l. Provincia de Guipúzcoa |date=1864 |publisher=Joaquin Bernat |location=Madrid |page=241 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hl1BAAAAcAAJ&dq=Batalla+de+No%C3%A1in+Enrique+II+%2230+de+junio+de+1521%22&pg=PA241 |access-date=26 July 2023 |language=es}}</ref>

=== July&ndash;September ===
* [[July 15]] — [[San Juan, Puerto Rico|San Juan Bautista]] is founded as the new capital of the archipelago of [[Puerto Rico]].
* [[August 13]] &ndash; [[Fall of Tenochtitlan]]: [[Cuauhtémoc]] surrenders to [[Hernán Cortés|Cortés]],<ref>{{cite book |last1=Sheppard |first1=Si |title=Tenochtitlan 1519– 21. Clash Of Civilizations ( Si Sheppard) |date=2018 |publisher=Bloomsbury |page=87 |url=https://archive.org/details/tenochtitlan-1519-21.-clash-of-civilizations-si-sheppard-z-lib.org/page/86/mode/2up?q=%2213+august%22 |access-date=26 July 2023}}</ref> thus incorporating the [[Aztec Empire]] into the [[Spanish Empire]] and ending the Late [[Mesoamerica#Postclassic|Postclassic period]] in [[Mesoamerica]].
* [[August 20]] &ndash; The [[Italian War of 1521–1526]] breaks out between [[Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor]], and [[Francis I of France]] as [[Henry III of Nassau-Breda]] leads Imperial troops on an invasion of northeastern France.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Frieda |first1=Leonie |author1-link=Leonie Frieda |title=Francis I: The Maker of Modern France |date=2018 |publisher=Orion |location=London |pages=132–133 |isbn=978-14746-0-558-8 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=21M_DQAAQBAJ}}</ref>
* [[August 29]] &ndash; [[Siege of Belgrade (1521)|Belgrade is captured]] by the [[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman]] army of [[Suleiman the Magnificent]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Wheatcroft |first1=Andrew |title=The Enemy at the Gate: Habsburgs, Ottomans, and the Battle for Europe |date=28 April 2009 |publisher=Basic Books |isbn=978-0-7867-4454-1 |page=9 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XkLDVyYZPBYC |access-date=26 July 2023 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Sarı |first1=İbrahim |title=TÜRK'ÜN SAVAŞLARI: Türklerin İslam Dünyasındaki Liderliği ve Savaşları |date=6 February 2013 |publisher=Kitapoku |isbn=978-605-4746-20-0 |page=216 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=W-aVCwAAQBAJ&dq=belgrad+osmanl%C4%B1+s%C3%BCleyman+%2229+a%C4%9Fustos+1521%22&pg=PA216 |access-date=26 July 2023 |language=tr}}</ref>

=== October&ndash;December ===
* [[October 25]] &ndash; The [[Revolt of the Comuneros]], an uprising by citizens of the [[Crown of Castile|Kingdom of Castile]] against the rule of Spain's [[Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor|King Carlos I]], ends as the ''comuneros'' surrender [[Toledo, Spain|Toledo]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Seaver |first=Henry Latimer |author-link=Henry Latimer Seaver |title=The Great Revolt in Castile: A Study of the Comunero Movement of 1520–1521 |year=1928 |publisher=Octagon Books |location=New York |page=346 |ref=Sea28 }}</ref>
* [[November 23]] &ndash; [[Spanish Empire|Spanish]]–[[Holy Roman Empire|German]]–[[Holy See|Papal]] forces under [[Prospero Colonna]] force [[Kingdom of France|French]] [[Marshal]] [[Odet de Lautrec]] to abandon [[Milan]].
* [[December 27]] &ndash; The [[Zwickau prophets]] arrive in [[Wittenberg]], disturbing the peace and spreading the idea of rejecting infant baptism.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Krentz |first1=Natalie |title=Ritualwandel und Deutungshoheit: Die frühe Reformation in der Residenzstadt Wittenberg (1500-1533) |date=14 March 2014 |publisher=Mohr Siebeck |isbn=978-3-16-152679-4 |page=205 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FVQGH70N6H4C&q=%2227+dezember%22 |access-date=26 July 2023 |language=de}}</ref>

=== Date unknown ===
* [[Jacopo Berengario da Carpi]] publishes ''Commentaria cum amplissimus additionibus super anatomiam Mundini'' in [[Bologna]], including observation of the [[vermiform appendix]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Mary Agnes Burniston Brazier|title=The Historical Development of Neurophysiology|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mUdQAQAAIAAJ|year=1959|publisher=American Physiological Society|page=4}}</ref>
* The [[Grand Duchy of Ryazan]] is annexed by the [[Grand Duchy of Moscow]].<ref>{{cite book |title=A short history of the USSR |date=1965 |publisher=Progress Publishers |location=Moscow |page=90 |url=https://archive.org/details/shorthistoryofus01inst/page/90/mode/2up?q=1521 |access-date=26 July 2023}}</ref></onlyinclude>

== Births ==
[[File:Maria von Portugal, Anthonis Mor.jpg|thumb|110px|[[Maria of Portugal, Duchess of Viseu]]]]
* [[March 21]] &ndash; [[Maurice, Elector of Saxony]] (d. [[1553]])<ref>{{cite book |last1=Beach |first1=Frederick Converse |last2=Morgan |first2=Forrest |last3=Rines |first3=George Edwin |last4=Roe |first4=Edward Thomas |last5=Dole |first5=Nathan Haskell |last6=Copeland |first6=Thomas Campbell |title=The Encyclopedia Americana |date=1903 |publisher=Americana Company |page=94 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=n9FCAQAAMAAJ&q=%20%2221%20march%201521%22 |access-date=26 July 2023 |language=en}}</ref>
* [[April 5]] &ndash; [[Francesco Laparelli]], Italian architect (d. [[1570]])<ref>{{cite book |title=Nuovo dizionario istorico |date=1791 |volume=XV|publisher=per Michele Morelli |location=Naples |page=218 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=W95oiVI6nyUC&dq=Francesco+Laparelli+%225+aprile+1521%22&pg=PA218 |access-date=26 July 2023 |language=it}}</ref>
* [[April 14]] &ndash; [[Johann Marbach]], German theologian (d. [[1581]])<ref>{{cite book |last1=Horning |first1=Wilhelm |title=Dr. Johann Marbach, Pfarrer zu St. Nikolai, Münsterprediger, Professor und Präsident des Luth. Kirchenconvents in Strassburg, 1545-1581 |date=1887 |publisher=C.A. Vomhoff |location=Strasbourg |page=11 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NJLP60wdPSMC&q=%2214%20april%201521%22 |access-date=26 July 2023 |language=de}}</ref>
* [[April 18]] &ndash; [[François de Coligny d'Andelot]], French general (d. [[1569]])<ref>{{cite book |last1=Vindry |first1=Fleury |title=Dictionnaire de l'état-major français au XVIe siècle |date=1901 |publisher=Castanet |page=161 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=idKajpeREDkC&dq=Fran%C3%A7ois+de+Coligny+d%27Andelot+%2218+avril+1521%22&pg=PA161 |access-date=26 July 2023 |language=fr}}</ref>
* [[May 8]] &ndash; [[Petrus Canisius]], Dutch Jesuit (d. [[1597]])<ref>{{cite web |title=St. Peter Canisius |url=https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/11756c.htm |website=www.newadvent.org |access-date=26 July 2023}}</ref>
* [[May 10]] &ndash; [[John Ernest, Duke of Saxe-Coburg]], (d. [[1553]])<ref>{{cite book |title=Allgemeine deutsche biographie |date=1881 |volume=14|publisher=Duncker und Humblot |page=369 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=15SjLCe9htcC&dq=Johann+Ernst+%2210+mai+1521%22&pg=PA369 |access-date=26 July 2023 |language=de}}</ref>
* [[June 8]] &ndash; [[Maria of Portugal, Duchess of Viseu]], daughter of King Manuel I (d. [[1577]])<ref>{{cite book |last1=Vasconcellos |first1=Carolina Michaëlis de |title=A infanta D. Maria de Portugal (1521-1577) e suas damas |date=1902 |publisher=Typ. a vapor de A. J. de Souza & irmão |page=17 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kD5AAAAAYAAJ&dq=Maria+de+Portugal+%228+de+junho+de+1521%22&pg=PA17 |access-date=26 July 2023 |language=pt-BR}}</ref>
* [[June 21]] &ndash; [[John II, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Haderslev]] (d. [[1580]])<ref>{{cite book |last1=Bricka |first1=Carl Frederik |title=Dansk biografisk lexikon |date=1892 |volume=6|publisher=F. Hegel & Søn |page=569 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=97lAAAAAYAAJ&dq=Hans+den+%C3%86ldre+%2229+juni+1521%22&pg=PA569 |access-date=26 July 2023 |language=da}}</ref>
* [[August 4]] &ndash; [[Pope Urban VII]] (d. [[1590]])<ref>{{cite book|author=Grolier Incorporated|title=The encyclopedia Americana|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gWENAQAAMAAJ|year=1997|publisher=Grolier Incorporated|page=18|isbn=9780717201303}}</ref>
* [[August 19]] &ndash; [[Lodovico Guicciardini]], Italian historian (d. [[1589]])<ref>{{cite book |last1=Fantoni |first1=Marcello |title=Il Rinascimento italiano e l'Europa |date=2005 |publisher=Fondazione Cassamarca |isbn=978-88-89527-17-7 |page=165 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YOsWAQAAIAAJ&q=%2219%20agosto%201521%22 |access-date=26 July 2023 |language=it}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Guicciardini, Lodovico |url=https://www.oxfordartonline.com/groveart/display/10.1093/gao/9781884446054.001.0001/oao-9781884446054-e-7000035507 |website=Grove Art Online |year=2003 |access-date=26 July 2023 |language=en |doi=10.1093/gao/9781884446054.article.T035507}}</ref>
* [[October 1]] &ndash; [[Frederick Magnus I, Count of Solms-Laubach]], (d. [[1561]])
* [[November 21]] &ndash; [[Edmund Sheffield, 1st Baron Sheffield]], English baron (d. [[1549]])<ref>{{cite ODNB |title=Sheffield, Edmund, first Baron Sheffield |url=https://www.oxforddnb.com/display/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-25292|year=2004 |access-date=26 July 2023 |language=en |doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/25292}}</ref>
* [[November 29]] &ndash; [[Marcantonio Maffei]], Italian Catholic archbishop and cardinal (d. [[1583]])<ref>{{cite web |title=The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church - Biographical Dictionary - Consistory of May 17, 1570 |url=https://cardinals.fiu.edu/bios1570.htm#Maffei |website=cardinals.fiu.edu |access-date=26 July 2023}}</ref>
* [[December 1]] &ndash; [[Takeda Shingen]], Japanese warlord (d. [[1573]])
* [[December 13]] &ndash; [[Pope Sixtus V]] (d. [[1590]])<ref>{{cite book|title=RACAR, Revue D'art Canadienne: Canadian Art Review|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EETrAAAAMAAJ|year=1990|publisher=Society for the Promotion of Art History Publications in Canada|page=18}}</ref>
* ''date unknown''
** [[Anne Askew]], English Protestant martyr (d. [[1546]])<ref>{{cite book |last1=Zahl |first1=Paul |title=Five Women of the English Reformation |date=June 2001 |publisher=Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing |isbn=978-0-8028-3045-6 |page=27 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1zQKcL9l-fsC&q=%221521%22 |access-date=26 July 2023 |language=en}}</ref>
** [[John Aylmer (bishop)|John Aylmer]], English divine (d. [[1594]])<ref>{{cite ODNB |title=Aylmer, John|url=https://www.oxforddnb.com/display/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-935|year=2004 |access-date=26 July 2023 |language=en |doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/935}}</ref>
** [[Sue Harukata]], Japanese retainer and later daimyō under [[Ōuchi Yoshitaka]] (d. [[1555]])<ref>{{cite web |title=陶晴賢(すえはるかた)とは？ |url=https://kotobank.jp/word/%E9%99%B6%E6%99%B4%E8%B3%A2-83345 |website=コトバンク |access-date=27 July 2023 |language=ja}}</ref>
** [[Thomas Chaloner (statesman)|Thomas Chaloner]], English statesman and poet (d. [[1565]])<ref>{{cite book |last1=O'Sullivan |first1=Dan |title=The Reluctant Ambassador: The Life and Times of Sir Thomas Chaloner, Tudor Diplomat |date=15 May 2016 |publisher=Amberley Publishing Limited |isbn=978-1-4456-5165-1 |page=12 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oMV5DAAAQBAJ&q=1521 |access-date=27 July 2023 |language=en}}</ref>
** [[Philippe de Monte]], Flemish composer (d. [[1603]])<ref>{{cite book |last1=Mann |first1=Brian Richard |title=The secular madrigals of Filippo di Monte, 1521-1603 |date=1983 |publisher=UMI Research Press |location=Ann Arbor |isbn=978-0-8357-1402-0 |page=1 |url=https://archive.org/details/secularmadrigals0000mann/page/n17/mode/2up?q=1521 |access-date=27 July 2023}}</ref>
** [[Rokkaku Yoshikata]], Japanese daimyō (d. [[1598]])<ref>{{cite book |last1=Frederic |first1=Louis |title=Japan Encyclopedia |date=2002 |publisher=Harvard University Press |isbn=978-0-674-01753-5 |page=794 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=p2QnPijAEmEC&dq=Rokkaku+Yoshikata+%221521%22&pg=PA794 |access-date=27 July 2023 |language=en}}</ref>
** [[Thomas Wyatt the Younger]], English rebel (d. [[1554]])<ref>{{cite ODNB |title=Wyatt, Sir Thomas|url=https://www.oxforddnb.com/display/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-30112|year=2004 |access-date=27 July 2023 |language=en |doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/30112}}</ref>
* ''possible''
** [[Catherine Howard]], fifth queen of [[Henry VIII]] of England, (b. between [[1518]] and [[1524]]; d. [[1542]])<ref>{{cite ODNB |title=Katherine [Catherine] [née Katherine Howard]|url=https://www.oxforddnb.com/display/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-4892|year=2004 |access-date=27 July 2023 |language=en |doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/4892}}</ref>

== Deaths ==
[[File:明武宗画像.jpg|thumb|110px|[[Zhengde Emperor]]]]
[[File:Ferdinand Magellan.jpg|thumb|110px|[[Ferdinand Magellan]]]]
[[File:Juan Ponce de Leon.jpg|thumb|110px|[[Juan Ponce de León]]]]
[[File:Margaret of Lorraine.jpg|thumb|110px|Saint [[Margaret of Lorraine]]]]
[[File:Raffael 042.jpg|thumb|110px|[[Pope Leo X]]]]
[[File:Manuel I1.jpg|thumb|110px|King [[Manuel I of Portugal]]]]
[[File:Domenico Spadafora.jpg|thumb|110px|Blessed [[Domenico Spadafora]]]]
* [[January 6]] &ndash; Cardinal [[William de Croÿ (bishop)|William de Croÿ]] (b. [[1497]])<ref>{{cite book |last1=Fisquet |first1=Honoré |title=La France pontificale |date=1864 |publisher=Etienne Repos |page=229 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oql2vG7C91AC&dq=Guillaume+de+Cro%C3%BF+%226+janvier+1521%22&pg=PA229 |access-date=27 July 2023 |language=fr}}</ref>
* [[January 15]] &ndash; [[John II, Duke of Cleves]] (b. [[1458]])<ref>{{cite web |title=Johann II. |url=https://www.deutsche-biographie.de/gnd119135574.html#ndbcontent |website=www.deutsche-biographie.de |access-date=27 July 2023 |language=de}}</ref>
* [[April 20]] &ndash; [[Zhengde Emperor]] of China (b. [[1491]])<ref>{{cite book |title=中国官场总览 |date=1999 |publisher=經濟日報出版社 |page=1658 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BoF4AAAAIAAJ&q=%E6%AD%A3%E5%BE%B7%E7%9A%87%E5%B8%9D+%221521%E5%B9%B44%E6%9C%8820%E6%97%A5%22 |access-date=27 July 2023 |language=zh}}</ref>
* [[April 24]] &ndash; Spanish rebels (executed)<ref name="REV" />
** [[Juan López de Padilla]]
** [[Juan Bravo]]
** [[Francisco Maldonado]]
* [[April 27]] &ndash; [[Ferdinand Magellan]], Portuguese explorer (b. [[1480]])<ref>{{cite book|author1=Deborah Wei|author2=Rachael Kamel|title=Resistance in Paradise: Rethinking 100 Years of U.S. Involvement in the Caribbean and the Pacific|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=i6F6AAAAMAAJ|year=1998|publisher=American Friends Service Committee|isbn=978-0-910082-33-4|page=15}}</ref>
* [[April 28]] &ndash; [[Suzanne, Duchess of Bourbon]] (b. [[1491]])<ref>{{cite book |last1=La-Mure |first1=Jean Marie de |title=Histoire des ducs de Bourbon et des comtes de Forez: en forme d'annales sur preuves authentiques |date=1868 |publisher=Potier |page=564 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=G2OE0vOGV9YC&dq=Suzanne+de+Bourbon+%2228+avril+1521%22&pg=PA564 |access-date=27 July 2023 |language=fr}}</ref>
* [[May 10]] &ndash; [[Sebastian Brant]], German humanist and satirist (b. [[1457]])<ref>{{cite book|author1=Max Reinhart|author2=James N. Hardin|title=German Writers of the Renaissance and Reformation, 1280-1580|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qcwUAQAAIAAJ|year=1997|publisher=Gale Research|isbn=978-0-7876-1069-2|page=21}}</ref>
* [[May 17]] &ndash; [[Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham]] (executed) (b. [[1478]])<ref name="ES" />
* [[June 15]] &ndash; [[Tamás Bakócz]], Hungarian Catholic cardinal and statesman (b. [[1442]])<ref>{{cite book |last1=Herbermann |first1=Charles George |title=The Catholic Encyclopedia |date=1913 |volume=2|publisher=Encyclopedia Press |page=214 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LwIjAQAAIAAJ&dq=Tam%C3%A1s+Bak%C3%B3cz+%2215+june+1521%22&pg=PA214 |access-date=27 July 2023 |language=en}}</ref>
* [[June 22]] &ndash; [[Leonardo Loredan]], Doge of Venice (b. [[1436]])<ref>{{cite book |last1=Cappelletti |first1=Giuseppe |title=Storia della repubblica di Venezia dal suo principio sino al giorno d'oggi |date=1852 |volume=8,9|publisher=G. Antenelli |page=33 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LlJKAAAAYAAJ&dq=Leonardo+Loredan+%2222+giugno+1521%22&pg=PA33 |access-date=27 July 2023 |language=it}}</ref>
* July &ndash; [[Juan Ponce de León]], Spanish conquistador (b. [[1460]])<ref>{{cite book |last1=Slavicek |first1=Louise Chipley |title=Juan Ponce de León |date=2009 |publisher=Infobase Publishing |isbn=978-1-4381-0684-7 |page=87 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qNUPY1CGZ1MC&dq=Juan+Ponce+de+Le%C3%B3n+%22july+1521%22&pg=PA87 |access-date=27 July 2023 |language=en}}</ref>
* [[July 9]] &ndash; [[Raffaele Riario]], Italian cardinal (b. [[1461]])<ref>{{cite web |title=The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church - Biographical Dictionary - Consistory of December 10, 1477 |url=https://cardinals.fiu.edu/bios1477.htm#Sansoni |website=cardinals.fiu.edu |access-date=27 July 2023}}</ref>
* [[August 27]] &ndash; [[Josquin des Prez]], Flemish composer (b. c. [[1450]])<ref>{{cite book |last1=Elders |first1=Willem |title=Josquin Des Prez and His Musical Legacy: An Introductory Guide |date=2013 |publisher=Leuven University Press |isbn=978-90-5867-941-3 |page=17 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dZNMAQAAQBAJ&dq=Josquin+des+Prez+%2227+august+1521%22&pg=PA17 |access-date=27 July 2023 |language=en}}</ref>
* [[September 12]] &ndash; In the [[Italian War of 1521–1526|Italian War]], the Holy Roman Empire abandons its siege of the French-controlled city of [[Parma]] after 17 days.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Mallett |first1=Michael |last2=Shaw |first2=Christine |title=The Italian Wars: 1494–1559 |date=2012 |publisher=Pearson Education Limited |location=Harlow |page=141 |isbn=978-0-582-05758-6}}</ref>
* [[September 15]] &ndash; 
**[[Gazi Husrev Bey]] replaces Bali-beg Jahjapašić as the [[Sanjak of Bosnia|Ottoman Governor of Bosnia]].
**[[Teodosie of Wallachia|Teodosie]] becomes the new [[List of princes of Wallachia|Voivode of Wallachia]], at the capital, [[Târgoviște|Targoviste]], now in [[Romania]].
* [[October 7]] &ndash; [[Margaret of Anhalt-Köthen]], Princess of Anhalt by birth, Duchess consort of Saxony (b. [[1494]])<ref>{{cite book |last1=Kohnle |first1=Armin |last2=Rudersdorf |first2=Manfred |title=Briefe und Akten zur Kirchenpolitik Friedrichs des Weisen und Johanns...: Band 2: 1518–1522. Bearbeitet von Stefan Michel, Beate Kusche, Ulrike Ludwig, Konstantin Enge, Dagmar Blaha und Alexander Bartmuß unter Mitarbeit von Saskia Jähnigen und Steven Bickel |date=28 June 2022 |publisher=Evangelische Verlagsanstalt |isbn=978-3-374-07173-9 |page=20 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3zpxEAAAQBAJ&dq=Margarete+von+Anhalt+%227+oktober+1521%22&pg=PA20 |access-date=27 July 2023 |language=de}}</ref>
* [[October 22]] &ndash; [[Edward Poynings]], Lord Deputy to King [[Henry VII of England]] (b. [[1459]])<ref>{{cite ODNB |title=Poynings, Sir Edward|url=https://www.oxforddnb.com/display/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-22683|year=2004 |access-date=27 July 2023 |language=en |doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/22683}}</ref>
* [[October 24]] &ndash; [[Robert Fayrfax]], English Renaissance composer (b. [[1464]])<ref>{{cite book |last1=Fayrfax |first1=Robert |title=Sacred Music from the Lambeth Choirbook |date=1 January 1985 |publisher=A-R Editions, Inc. |isbn=978-0-89579-150-4 |page=viii |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-StRhNWLgtUC&dq=Robert+Fayrfax+%2224+october+1521%22&pg=PR8 |access-date=27 July 2023 |language=en}}</ref>
* [[November 2]] &ndash; [[Margaret of Lorraine]], French Duchess of Alençon, [[Roman Catholic]] nun and blessed (b. [[1463]])<ref>{{cite book |last1=Laurent |first1=Eugène |title=Histoire de Marguerite de Lorraine, Duchesse d'Alençon, bisaïeule de Henri IV., etc |date=1854 |publisher=Barbier |page=306 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SN9ZAAAAcAAJ&q=%222%20novembre%201521%22 |access-date=27 July 2023 |language=fr}}</ref>
* [[December 1]] &ndash; [[Pope Leo X]] (b. [[1475]])<ref>{{cite web |title=Leo X {{!}} pope |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Leo-X |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=1 December 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
* [[December 13]] &ndash; King [[Manuel I of Portugal]] (b. [[1469]])<ref>{{cite book |last1=Costa |first1=António Leite da |title=História de Portugal |date=4 November 2019 |publisher=Leya |isbn=978-972-20-6863-5 |page=109 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QOC_DwAAQBAJ&dq=Manuel+I+de+Portugal+%2213+de+dezembro+de+1521%22&pg=PA109 |access-date=27 July 2023 |language=pt-PT}}</ref>
* [[December 21]] &ndash; [[Domenico Spadafora]], Italian [[Roman Catholic]] priest and blessed (b. [[1450]])<ref>{{cite book |last1=Brigliadori |first1=Egidio |last2=Pasquini |first2=Agostino |title=Religiosità in Valconca: vicende e figure |date=2000 |publisher=Silvana |isbn=978-88-8215-266-6 |page=122 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4sYRAQAAIAAJ&q=%20%2221%20dicembre%201521%22 |access-date=27 July 2023 |language=it}}</ref>

<gallery widths="154px" heights="200px" perrow="5" caption="1521 in art">
File:Ferdinand Magellan.jpg|March&ndash;April: [[Ferdinand Magellan]]'s voyage around the world.
File:Martin Luther.jpg|[[May 25]]: [[Martin Luther]] outlawed.
File:Hans Maler, Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien, Gemäldegalerie - Bildnis eines bartlosen Mannes - GG 884 - Kunsthistorisches Museum.jpg|[[Hans Maler zu Schwaz]], ''Portrait of a beardless man'' with the inscription:<br>"ALS MAN. 1521. ZALT. WAS. ICH. 33. IAR ALT"<br>([[mutatis mutandis]] to English: "as we had in 1521, I was 33 years old)
File:Lorenzo Lotto - Christ Taking Leave of his Mother - WGA13674.jpg|[[Lorenzo Lotto]], ''Christ Taking Leave of His Mother''
</gallery>

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