1520 Calendar
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Historical Event(s)
January 18, 1520
– King Christian II of Denmark and Norway defeats the Swedes at Lake Åsunden.
January 19, 1520
– Sten Sture the Younger, the Regent of Sweden, is mortally wounded at the Battle of Bogesund.
June 15, 1520
– Pope Leo X threatens to excommunicate Martin Luther in papal bull Exsurge Domine.
June 30, 1520
– Spanish conquistadors led by Hernán Cortés fight their way out of Tenochtitlan.
October 21, 1520
– João Álvares Fagundes discovers the islands of Saint-Pierre and Miquelon, bestowing them their original name of “Islands of the 11,000 Virgins”.
November 1, 1520
– The Strait of Magellan is discovered, the passage immediately south of mainland South America, connecting the Pacific and the Atlantic Oceans, is first navigated by Ferdinand Magellan during the first global circumnavigation voyage.
November 8, 1520
– Stockholm Bloodbath begins: A successful invasion of Sweden by Danish forces results in the execution of around 100 people.
November 10, 1520
– Danish King Christian II executes dozens of people in the Stockholm Bloodbath after a successful invasion of Sweden.
December 10, 1520
– Martin Luther burns his copy of the papal bull Exsurge Domine outside Wittenberg’s Elster Gate.
Who Were Born On ?
March 3, 1520
– Matthias Flacius, Croatian Protestant reformer (d. 1575)
August 10, 1520
– Madeleine of Valois, French-born Queen consort of the Scots, wife of James V of Scotland (d. 1537)
October 5, 1520
– Alessandro Farnese, Italian cardinal (d. 1589)