Events
- January 14 - Treaty of Madrid. Peace between Francis I of France and Charles V. Francis agrees to cede Burgundy to Charles, and abandons all claims to Flanders, Artois, Naples, and Milan.
- May 22 - Francis repudiates the Treaty of Madrid and forms the League of Cognac against Charles, including the Pope, Milan, Venice, and Florence.
- July 24 - Milan is captured by the Spanish.
- August 29 - Battle of Mohács. The Turkish army of Sultan Suleiman I defeats the Hungarian army of King Louis II, who is killed in the retreat. Suleiman takes Buda, while Archduke Ferdinand of Austria and John Zapolya, Prince of Transylvania, dispute over the succession.
- Dubrovnik achieves independence, although acknowledges Turkish overlordship.
- First official translation of the New Testament of the Bible in Swedish (cf 1541).
- First battle of Panipat - Babur becomes Moghul emperor of India, captures Delhi.
- Emperor Go-Nara ascends to the throne of Japan.
- First official translation of the New Testament in English by William Tyndale arrives in England from Germany about the spring of 1526
Births
Deaths
ca:1526
da:1526
de:1526
es:1526
eo:1526
fr:1526
it:1526
nl:1526
pl:1526
ro:1526
sl:1526
fi:1526
sv:1526
