AD_1527
1527
Calendar year
Year 1527 (MDXXVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Quick Facts
| Gregorian calendar | 1527 MDXXVII |
| Ab urbe condita | 2280 |
| Armenian calendar | 976 ԹՎ ՋՀԶ |
| Assyrian calendar | 6277 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 1448–1449 |
| Bengali calendar | 934 |
| Berber calendar | 2477 |
| English Regnal year | 18 Hen. 8 – 19 Hen. 8 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2071 |
| Burmese calendar | 889 |
| Byzantine calendar | 7035–7036 |
| Chinese calendar | 丙戌年 (Fire Dog) 4224 or 4017 — to — 丁亥年 (Fire Pig) 4225 or 4018 |
| Coptic calendar | 1243–1244 |
| Discordian calendar | 2693 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1519–1520 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5287–5288 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1583–1584 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1448–1449 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4627–4628 |
| Holocene calendar | 11527 |
| Igbo calendar | 527–528 |
| Iranian calendar | 905–906 |
| Islamic calendar | 933–934 |
| Japanese calendar | Daiei 7 (大永７年) |
| Javanese calendar | 1445–1446 |
| Julian calendar | 1527 MDXXVII |
| Korean calendar | 3860 |
| Minguo calendar | 385 before ROC 民前385年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | 59 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2069–2070 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阳火狗年 (male Fire-Dog) 1653 or 1272 or 500 — to — 阴火猪年 (female Fire-Pig) 1654 or 1273 or 501 |
Close
January–June
- January 1 – Croatian nobles elect Ferdinand I of Austria as King of Croatia in the Parliament on Cetin.
- January 5 – Felix Manz, co-founder of the Swiss Anabaptists, is drowned in the Limmat in Zürich by the Zürich Reformed state church.
- March 17 – Battle of Khanwa: Babur defeats Rajput ruler Rana Sanga. This and two other major Moghul victories lead to their domination of northern India. Dhaulpur fort is taken by Babur.[1]
- March – The Confederation of Shan States sack Ava, the capital of the Ava Kingdom.
- April 30 – The Treaty of Westminster (1527), an alliance during the War of the League of Cognac, is signed.
- May 6 – Sack of Rome: Spanish and German troops led by the Duke of Bourbon sack Rome, forcing the Medici Pope Clement VII to make peace with Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, marking the end of the High Renaissance. The Pope grows a beard in mourning.
- May 16 – In Florence, the Piagnon, a group devoted to the memory of Girolamo Savonarola, drive out the Medici for a second time, re-establishing the Republic of Florence until 1530.
- June 17
- The Narváez expedition to conquer Florida sets sail from Spain.
- The Protestant Reformation begins in Sweden. The Riksdag of the Estates in Västerås adopts Lutheranism as the state religion, in place of Roman Catholicism. This results in the confiscation of church property and dissolution of Catholic convents in accordance with the Reduction of Gustav I of Sweden.
- June 22 – Jakarta, modern-day capital of Indonesia, is founded as Jayakarta.[2]
July–December
- August 3 – The first known letter is sent from North America by John Rut, while at St. John's, Newfoundland, during his voyage to the New World.
- August 20
- Sixty Anabaptists meet at the Martyrs' Synod in Augsburg.
- Diet of Odense (Denmark): King Frederick I declares religious tolerance for Lutherans, permits marriage of priests and forbids seeking papal pallium (approval) for royal appointments of Church officials.[3][4]
- September 27 – Battle of Tarcal: Ferdinand, future Holy Roman Emperor, defeats John Zápolya and takes over most of Hungary. John appeals to the Ottomans for help.
Date unknown
- The Spanish conquest of Guatemala's highlands is completed; the first city in Guatemala, Ciudad Vieja, is founded.
- The second of the Dalecarlian rebellions breaks out in Sweden.
- Members of the University of Wittenberg flee to Jena in fear of the bubonic plague.
- In England, Bishop Vesey's Grammar School (at Sutton Coldfield, in the West Midlands) is founded by Bishop John Vesey; and Sir George Monoux College is founded as a grammar school at Walthamstow by Sir George Monoux, draper and Lord Mayor of London.
- The Ming dynasty government of China greatly reduces the quotas for taking grain, severely diminishing the state's capacity to relieve famines through a previously successful granary system.
- March 4 – Ludwig Lavater, Swiss Reformed theologian (d. 1586)
- March 5 – Ulrich, Duke of Mecklenburg (d. 1603)
- March 10 – Alfonso d'Este, Lord of Montecchio, Italian nobleman (d. 1587)
- March 21 – Hermann Finck, German composer and music theorist (d. 1558)
- March 28 – Isabella Markham, English courtier (d. 1579)
- March 31 – Edward Fitton, the elder, Irish politician (d. 1579)
- April 14 – Abraham Ortelius, Flemish cartographer and geographer (d. 1598)
- c. May 1 – Johannes Stadius, German astronomer, astrologer, mathematician (d. 1579)
- May 21 – Philip II, King of Spain (d. 1598)[5]
- May 31 – Agnes of Hesse, German noble, by marriage, Princess of Saxony (d. 1555)
- June 11 – Anna Sophia of Prussia, Duchess of Prussia and Duchess of Mecklenburg (d. 1591)
- June 24 – Jean Vendeville, French law professor, Roman Catholic bishop (d. 1592)
- July 8 – Saitō Yoshitatsu, Japanese daimyō (d. 1561)
- July 13 – John Dee, English mathematician, astronomer, and geographer (d. 1608)[6]
- July 31 – Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1576)
- August 10 – Barbara of Brandenburg, Duchess of Brieg, German princess (d. 1595)
- September 29 – John Lesley, Scottish bishop (d. 1596)
- October 2 – William Drury, English politician (d. 1579)
- October 15 – Maria Manuela, Princess of Portugal (d. 1545)
- October 21 – Louis I, Cardinal of Guise, French Catholic cardinal (d. 1578)
- November 1
- Pedro de Ribadeneira, Spanish hagiologist (d. 1611)
- William Brooke, 10th Baron Cobham, English noble and politician (d. 1597)
- November 3 – Tilemann Heshusius, Gnesio-Lutheran theologian (d. 1588)
- November 18 – Luca Cambiasi, Italian painter (d. 1585)
- December 6 – Bernhard VIII, Count of Lippe (d. 1563)
- December 23 – Hugues Doneau, French lawyer (d. 1591)
- date unknown
- Luis de León, Spanish lyric poet and mystic (d. 1591)
- Annibale Padovano, Italian composer and organist (d. 1575)
- probable
- John Dudley, 2nd Earl of Warwick, English nobleman (d. 1554)
- Lawrence Humphrey, English clergyman and educator (d. 1590)
- January 5 – Felix Manz, leader of the Swiss Anabaptists (executed) (b. 1498)
- January 21 – Juan de Grijalva, Spanish conqueror (b. 1489)
- March 14 – Shwenankyawshin, Burmese king of Ava (b. 1476)
- March 17 – Rana Sanga, Indian ruler (b. 1484)
- April 19
- April/May – Sir Thomas Docwra, English Grand Prior of the Knights Hospitaller (b. 1458)
- May 6 – Charles III, Duke of Bourbon, Count of Montpensier and Dauphin of Auvergne (b. 1490)
- June 21 – Niccolò Machiavelli, Italian writer and statesman (b. 1469)[7]
- June 28 – Bernardo de' Rossi, Italian bishop (b. 1468)
- July 28 – Rodrigo de Bastidas, Spanish conqueror and explorer (b. c. 1460)
- July 31 – Anna Swenonis, Swedish manuscript illuminator
- September 21 – Casimir, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth, Margrave of Bayreuth (b. 1481)
- October 27 – Johann Froben, Swiss printer and publisher (b. c. 1460)
- November 15 – Catherine of York, English princess (b. 1479)[8]
- November 8 – Jerome Emser, German theologian (b. 1477)
- date unknown
- Francesco Colonna, Italian Dominican priest (b. 1433)
- Luisa de Medrano, Spanish scholar (b. 1484)
- Div Sultan Rumlu, Persian military leader
- Petrus Thaborita, Frisian historian and monk (b. c. 1450)
- Cristoforo Solari, Italian sculptor and architect (b. c. 1460)
- Jan "Ciężki" Tarnowski, Polish nobleman (b. c. 1479)
- Huayna Capac, Sapa Inca of the Inca Empire (b. 1493)
- Ludovico Vicentino degli Arrighi, Italian calligrapher and type designer (b. 1475)
- probable – Jane Shore, mistress of King Edward IV of England
- K. V. Krishna Rao (1991). Prepare Or Perish: A Study of National Security. Lancer Publishers. p. 453. ISBN 978-81-7212-001-6.
- Indonesia, the First 50 Years, 1945-1995. Buku Antar Bangsa. 1995. p. 119. ISBN 978-979-8926-00-6.
- Steffensen, Kenneth (2007). Scandinavia After the Fall of the Kalmar Union: a Study of Scandinavian Relations, 1523-1536. Unpubl. M.A. Thesis, Brigham Young University.
- Fisher, George P (1873). The Reformation. Scribner.
- Patrick Williams (March 14, 2017). Philip II. Macmillan International Higher Education. p. 3. ISBN 978-1-4039-1381-4.[permanent dead link]
- Peter J. French (1987). John Dee: The World of an Elizabethan Magus. Psychology Press. p. 20. ISBN 978-0-7448-0079-1.
- Phil Harris; Andrew Lock; Patricia Rees (April 20, 2000). Machiavelli, Marketing and Management. Routledge. p. 13. ISBN 978-1-134-60568-2.
- Panton, James (February 24, 2011). Historical Dictionary of the British Monarchy. Scarecrow Press. p. 92. ISBN 978-0-8108-7497-8.