1521 - What happened in 1521 ?

January 1521

Monday 03:

Pope Leo X excommunicates Martin Lutherin the papal bull Decet Romanum Pontificem.

Saturday 22:

Diet of Worms is opened by Emperor Charles V.

Friday 28:

Diet of Worms begins, lasting until May 25.

March 1521

Sunday 06:

Ferdinand Magellan discovers Guam.

Wednesday 16:

Ferdinand Magellan reaches the Philippines.

April 1521

Thursday 07:

Ferdinand Magellan arrives at Cebu

Saturday 16:

Martin Luther's first appearance before the Diet of Worms to be examined by the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V and the rest of the estates of the empire.

Sunday 17:

Martin Luther speaks to the assembly at the Diet of Worms, refusing to recant his teachings.

Saturday 23:

Battle of Villalar: King Charles I of Spain defeats the Comuneros.

Wednesday 27:

Battle of Mactan: Explorer Ferdinand Magellan is killed by natives in the Philippines led by chief Lapu-Lapu.

May 1521

Tuesday 17:

Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham, is executed for treason.

Friday 20:

Battle of Pampeluna.

Wednesday 25:

The Diet of Worms ends when Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, issues the Edict of Worms, declaring Martin Luther an outlaw.

August 1521

Saturday 13:

Tenochtitlán (present day Mexico City) falls to conquistador Hernán Cortés

Sunday 28:

The Turks occupy Belgrade

Monday 29:

The Ottoman Turks capture Nándorfehérvár, now known as Belgrade.