Cortés first enters Mexico. See "Cortés Captures the City of Mexico," ix, 72.
Mouth of the Mississippi discovered by Francisco de Garay.
Magellan starts on his expedition to circumnavigate the world. See "First Circumnavigation of the Globe," ix, 41.
1520. Papal bull of Leo X against Luther, who publicly burns it. See "Luther Begins the Reformation in Germany," ix, 1.
Execution of nobles at Stockholm, following the successful invasion of Sweden by King Christian II of Denmark; Sten Sture, the Protector, is mortally wounded at Bogesund; Christian proclaimed king.
Henry VIII of England agrees to meet Francis I of France. See "The Field of the Cloth of Gold," ix, 59.
Solyman the Magnificent, Sultan of the Ottomans, succeeds Selim I.
1521. Conquest of Belgrade by the Ottoman Turks.
Issue of the first of the Placards, edicts of Emperor Charles V against heresy, in the Netherlands.
First of the wars between Charles V and Francis I; Navarre unsuccessfully invaded by the French; France invaded from the north; Milan lost to the French.