Martin Luther Excommunicated
Jan 3 Martin Luther is excommunicated by Pope Leo X from the Roman Catholic Church for failing to recant parts of his Ninety-five Theses which started the Protestant Reformation
Event of Interest
Jan 28 Emperor Charles V opens the Diet of Worms in Worms, Germany which lasts until May 25th; Produced the "Edict of Worms" which denounced Martin Luther
Magellan Discovers Guam
Mar 6 Portuguese navigator Ferdinand Magellan is the first European to sight Guam in the western Pacific
- Mar 17 Portuguese navigator Ferdinand Magellan reaches the Philippines
- Mar 31 First Mass held in the Philippines, generally believed to be on the Island of Limasawa in the Archipelago of St Lazarus by Ferdinand Magellan and 50 of his men. They take possession of the island the same day.
- Apr 7 Inquisitor-general Adrian Boeyens bans Lutheran books
- Apr 7 Portuguese navigator Ferdinand Magellan's fleet reaches Cebu
- Apr 16 Martin Luther arrives at the Diet of Worms assembly
- Apr 18 Diet of Worms: Cardinal Alexander questions Martin Luther
- Apr 21 Battle at Villalar: Emperor Charles I beats Communards
- Apr 28 Treaty of Worms: Emperor Charles names his brother Ferdinand Archduke of Netherlands-Austria
Parliament of Worms
May 8 Parliament of Worms installs edict against Martin Luther
- May 17 Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham, is executed for treason
- May 20 Ignatius Loyola seriously wounded by a cannonball
- May 25 Edict of Worms outlaws Martin Luther and his followers
- Jul 25 About 300 heretics burned in Vrijdagmarkt Gent
Cortés Captures Cuauhtémoc
Aug 13 Spanish conquistadors under Hernán Cortés capture Aztec Emperor Cuauhtémoc in Tenochtitlan marking the end of the Aztec Empire
- Aug 28 Belgrade captured by troops of Turkish Sultan Suleyman the Magnificent
Event of Interest
Oct 11 Pope Leo X titles King Henry VIII of England "Defender of the Faith"
Gregory I
Gregory XIII
Julius II
Julius III
Leo X
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