1529. 25th July, outbreak of the epidemic Sweating Sickness in Hamburgh. Termination on the 5th August. On the 29th July in Lübeck. On the 14th August in Zwickau. About the 1st September the English Sweating Sickness appears to spread universally all over Germany. On the 31st August in Stettin; termination on the 8th September. On the 1st September in Dantzic; termination on the 6th September. On the 24th August in Strasburg. On the 5th, 6th and 7th September in Cologne, Augsburg and Francfort on the Maine. About the 20th September in Vienna and among the besieging Turks. On the 27th September in Amsterdam. Termination on the 1st October in Antwerp and the rest of the Netherlands; simultaneously, at the end of September, in Denmark, Sweden and Noway. At the commencement of November a universal cessation of the epidemic Sweating Sickness.
1530. In October, overflow of the Tiber. Bursting of the dykes, and sudden inundations in Holland, which were repeated in 1532.
1531. 1st of August to 3d September, the comet of Halley.
1532. From 2d October to 8th November, and
1533. From the middle of June to August, comets.
1534. Termination of the years of scarcity, during which malignant fevers prevailed in circumscribed localitiesthroughout Europe.
Political Events.
1542. Maurice Duke of Saxony renounces the league of Schmalkalden.
1542. The imperial army which opposes the Turks in Hungary, under Joachim II. of Brandenburg, is destroyed by sickness.
1546. The 18th of February, Luther dies.