Events in History
- Jan 12 Gustav I of Sweden crowned King of Sweden, rules for 37 years and becomes known as the "father of the nation"
- Jan 22 England & France declare war on Emperor Charles V
- Feb 12 Treaty of Dordrecht between emperor & ecclesiastical power
- Feb 24 John Zápolya the disputed King of Hungary and Ottoman Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent sign treaty
- Mar 5 Utrecht governor Maarten van Rossum plunders The Hague
- Apr 15 Pánfilo the Narváez, Spanish conquistador arrives in Florida with 350 men to a hostile reception from native indians
- Jun 30 Burgundian army occupies Utrecht
- Sep 28 Spanish fleet sinks in Florida hurricane; about 380 die
- Oct 20 Treaty of Gorinchem signed between Holy Roman Emperor Charles V and Duke Charles of Guelders
- Nov 6 Shipwrecked Spanish conquistador Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca becomes first known European to set foot in Texas
Historical Figures Born in 1528
- Jan 7 Jeanne d'Albret, Queen of Navarre and mother of French King Henry IV
- Mar 1 Albrecht V von Wittelsbach [the Generous], duke of Bavaria
- Jun 21 Maria of Austria, Holy Roman Empress (1564-76), born in Madrid, Spain (d. 1603)
- Jul 7 Anna of Austria, Duchess of Bavaria, daughter of Ferdinand I (d. 1590)
- Jul 8 Emanuel Philibert, Duke of Savoy/governor of Netherland
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Historical Figures Who Died in 1528
- Jan 28 Philips of Cleve, ruler of Ravenstein, dies
- Feb 14 Edzard I the Great, count of Austria-E Frisia (1494-1528), dies at 66
- Feb 29 Patrick Hamilton, Scottish protestant martyr, burned at the stake in St Andrews at about 24
- Apr 6 Albrecht Dürer, German Renaissance painter and printmaker (Adam and Eve), dies at 56
- Jul 30 Jacopo d'antonio Negreti Palma, Italian painter, dies at about 48
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