Significant Events
- Feb 18 Hernán Cortés leaves Cuba for the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico with 11 ships and 500 men
- Jun 28 King Carlos I elected Holy Roman Catholic Emperor Charles V
- Jul 16 Public debate between Martin Luther & theologist John Eck at Pleissenburg Castle in Liepzig, Luther denies the divine right of the Pope
- Jul 26 Francisco Pizarro receives royal charter for the west coast of South America
- Sep 20 Spanish expedition led by Portuguese navigator Ferdinand Magellan sets off on the 1st successful circumnavigation of the globe (Magellan killed on route)
- Nov 8 1st meeting of Moctezuma II & Hernán Cortés in Tenochtitlan, Mexico
World Leaders in 1519
Charles V
Holy Roman Emperor
Francis I of France
King
Henry VIII
King of England
Famous People in 1519
Martin Luther
Founder of Protestanism
Michelangelo
Sculptor and Painter
Raphael
Italian painter and architect
Henry II
Leonardo da Vinci