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| 1519 |
| | | The Spanish conquistador Hernando Cortes lands on the coast of Mexico with 600 men, 16 horses and about 20 guns | |
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| 1519 |
| | | Ferdinand Magellan and a small fleet depart from Seville, attempting to sail round the world | |
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| 1519 |
| | | Charles V borrows 852,000 florins, mainly from the Fuggers, to bribe the seven imperial electors | |
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| 1519 |
| | | Montezuma welcomes Hernan Cortes to his capital, Tenochtitlan, under the impression that he is the returning god-king Quetzalcoatl | |
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| 1519 |
| | | Cortes and his tiny force capture Montezuma, ruler of the mighty Aztec empire, in his palace at Tenochtitlan | |
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| 1520 |
| | | The German painter Hans Holbein the Younger establishes his own studio in Basel | |
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| c. 1520 |
| | | Europe's new printing presses make possible the first pamphlet war, spreading instant arguments for and against the Reformation | |
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| 1520 |
| | | Luther's writings are burnt in Rome by order of the pope | |
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| 1520 |
| | | Cortes loses control of Tenochtitlan and has to escape in haste with his men during 'the Sorrowful Night' | |
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| 1520 |
| | | The English and French kings, Henry VIII and Francis I, feast and parley on the Field of Cloth of Gold | |
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