1520 - What happened in 1520 ?

January 1520

Sunday 18:

King Christian II of Denmark and Norway defeats the Swedes at Lake Asunde.

Monday 19:

Sten Sture the Younger, the Regent of Sweden, was mortally wounded at the Battle of Bogesund

June 1520

Tuesday 15:

Pope Leo X threatens to excommunicate Martin Luther.

October 1520

Thursday 07:

First public burning of books in Netherlands, in Louvain.

November 1520

Monday 01:

The Strait of Magellan, the passage immediately south of mainland South America, connecting the Pacific and the Atlantic Oceans, is first navigated by Ferdinand Magellan during his global circumnavigation voyage.

Monday 08:

Stockholm Bloodbath begins: A successful invasion of Sweden by Danish forces results in the execution of around 100 persons.

Tuesday 09:

Swedish King Christian II executes 600 nobles.

Sunday 28:

After navigating through the South American strait, three ships under the command of Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan reach the Pacific Ocean, becoming the first Europeans to sail from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific.

December 1520

Friday 10:

Martin Luther burns his copy of the papal bull Exsurge Domine outside the Elster Gate of Wittenberg