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Luther's writings are burnt in Rome by order of the pope
Cortes loses control of Tenochtitlan and has to escape in haste with his men during 'the Sorrowful Night'
The English and French kings, Henry VIII and Francis I, feast and parley on the Field of Cloth of Gold
Thomas Cromwell’s sister Katherine and her husband Morgan Williams move into the Mortlake house inherited from Morgan’s uncle John Williams
Eighty distinguished Swedish citizens are executed together on the main square, in what becomes known as the Stockholm Bloodbath
Mannerism develops in Italy in the work of the painters Pontormo and Rosso Fiorentino
Pope Leo X excommunicates Martin Luther after he has refused to recant
Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan crosses the Pacific in ninety-nine days and reaches Guam
Luther travels to the German city of Worms to present his case to an imperial diet
Ferdinand Magellan is killed in the Philippines, in a skirmish with natives
Luther bears witness to a Protestant conscience, stating at Worms: 'Here I stand, I can not do otherwise.'
The Turkish sultan, Suleiman I, marches into the kingdom of Hungary and captures Belgrade
After a little more than a year Cortes recaptures Tenochtitlan and finally establishes Spanish control over Mexico
Ignatius of Loyola, recovering from a wound received as a soldier at Pamplona, is inspired by reading the lives of the saints
Outlawed by the Edict of Worms, Luther lives secretly in the Wartburg as Junker Georg
Huldreich Zwingli eats sausage in Lent in Zurich, launching the Swiss Reformation
The second phase of Wolsey's work at Hampton Court includes the creation of three suites fit for Royal occupation, a suite of rooms for himself and a magnificant Chapel
One surviving ship of Magellan's fleet, the Victoria, returns to Sanlucar, in Spain, with Sebastian Cano in command
Hans Sachs, popular poet and master singer, describes Luther as the Wittenberg nightingale
The Vasa dynasty in Sweden begins with the seizing of the throne by Gustavus I
William Tyndale studies in the university at Wittenberg and plans to translate the Bible into English
The French king, Francis I, is taken prisoner by the Spanish at the battle of Pavia
Luther, a former friar, marries Catherine von Bora, a former nun who has just emerged from her convent
The Inca emperor, Huayna Capac, dies in an epidemic of a western disease, smallpox
Ruling respectively from Cuzco and Quito, Huáscar and Atahualpa compete for the empire of their father, Huayna Capac
