What Happened In 1527 - Historical Events 1527

Historical Events for the Year 1527

1st January » Croatian nobles elect Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor e.g Ferdinand I of Austria as List of rulers of Croatia King of Croatia e.g King of Croatia in the Parliament on Cetin.
5th January » Felix Manz, a leader of the Anabaptist congregation in Zurich, Switzerland, is Capital punishment called executed by drowning.
16th May » The Florentines drive out the Medici for a second time and Florence re-establishes itself as a republic.
22nd June » Fatahillah chased away Portugal from Sunda Kelapa harbour, and peoples celebrated it as birthday of Jakarta, Indonesia.
12th July » Lê Cung Hoàng ceded the throne to Mạc Đăng Dung, ending the Lê Dynasty and starting the Mạc Dynasty.

21st March » Hermann Finck, German composer (d. 1558)
14th April » Abraham Ortelius, Flemish cartographer and geographer (d. 1598)
21st May » Philip II of Spain (d. 1598)
13th July » John Dee, English-Welsh mathematician, astronomer, and astrologer (d. 1609)
31st July » Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1576)
21st October » Louis I, Cardinal of Guise (d. 1578)

5th January » Felix Manz, Swiss martyr (b. 1498)
21st January » Juan de Grijalva, Spanish explorer (b. 1489)
21st June » Niccolò Machiavelli, Italian historian and author (b. 1469)
28th July » Rodrigo de Bastidas, Spanish explorer, founded the city of Santa Marta (b. 1460)
3rd August » Scaramuccia Trivulzio, Italian cardinal
8th November » Jerome Emser, German theologian (b. 1477)