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=== January–March === *[[January 19]] – King [[Christian II of Denmark]] and [[Norway]] defeats the Swedes, at [[Åsunden (Västergötland)|Lake Åsunden]] in [[Sweden]]. The Swedish regent [[Sten Sture the Younger]] is mortally wounded in the [[Battle of Bogesund]]. He is rushed towards [[Stockholm]], in order to lead the fight against the Danes from there.<ref name=Butler>{{cite book |author=Ewan Butler |title=The Horizon Concise History of Scandinavia |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=K9iEAAAAIAAJ|year=1973 |publisher=American Heritage Publishing Company |isbn=978-0-07-009365-2 |page=81}}</ref> *[[February 3]] – Swedish regent Sten Sture dies from his wounds leaving a vacancy on the throne that allows King [[Christian II of Denmark]] to conquer Sweden within eight months.<ref name=Butler/> *[[February 6]] – The [[Swabian League]] sells the [[Duchy of Württemberg]] to the [[Holy Roman Emperor]], [[Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor|Charles V]], for 220,000 [[florin]]s and payment of the Duchy's debt of 1,100,000 [[Reichsmünzordnung|Goldgulden]]<ref>{{cite book |last=Marcus |first=Kenneth H. |title=Politics of Power: Elites of an Early Modern State in Germany |date=2000 |publisher=Verlag Philipp von Zabern |page=46 |isbn=3-8053-2534-7}}</ref> *[[March 10]] – [[Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk]] becomes England's new [[Lord Deputy of Ireland]]<ref>{{cite DNB |last=Creighton |first=Mandell |wstitle=Howard, Thomas II (1473-1554) |display=Howard, Thomas II (1473–1554) |volume=28 |pages=64–67}}</ref> *[[March 31]] – The [[Magellan expedition]], led by Portuguese explorer [[Ferdinand Magellan]] (Fernão de Magalhães), pauses in its attempt to sail around the world, stopping at [[Puerto San Julian]] on the lower east coast of what is now [[Patagonia]] in [[Argentina]]. His fleet consists of Magellan's flagship, ''[[Trinidad (ship)|Trinidad]]'', and four other vessels, ''[[Concepción (carrack)|Concepción]]'', ''[[Victoria (ship)|Victoria]]'', ''[[:es:San Antonio (nao)|San Antonio]]'' and ''[[:es:Santiago (carabela)|Santiago]]''.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Cameron |first=Ian |title=Magellan and the first circumnavigation of the world |pages=101–103 |date=1974 |publisher=Weidenfeld & Nicolson |isbn=029776568X |location=London |oclc=842695}}</ref>
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