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1525.
1524 - A French army invading Italy under King Francis besieges Pavia.
1523.
1522 Knights of St John driven out of Rhodes
1521- Pope Leo X excommunicates Martin Luther in the papal bull Decet Romanum Pontificem.
1991: Operation Desert Storm begins, with air strikes against Iraq. Harald V becomes the new king of Norway.
1520:
- Suleiman I "The Magnificent" becomes Sultan of the Ottoman Empire
- Hernando Cortes conquers what would become Mexico
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1519
Cortez arrives in Mexico
Leonardo da Vinci dies
Charles V elected as Holy Roman Emperor
1518
Bona Sforza is crowned as queen of Poland.
1517
Martin (L.) "publishes his 95 Theses (posting them on the door of the Wittenberg Castle Church)".
The Jeronimos monastery at Lisbon is from this year as well, it seems ...
With the death of Ferdinand II of Aragon, his grandson Charles of Ghent becomes King of Spain as Carlos I.
The Reinheitsgebot is instituted in Ingolstadt, Bavaria, regulating the purity of beer permissible for sale.
1515
Manchester grammer school is founded
1514 Mary Tudor married Louis XII of France
1513
Machiavelli writes the Prince
1512 - Michelangelo completes his work on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel