Editing 1522 (section)

=== January&ndash;March ===
* [[January 9]] &ndash; The [[1521–1522 papal conclave|papal conclave]] to elect a successor to the late [[Pope Leo X]] is concluded as Adriaan Florensz Boeyens of the Netherlands, Bishop of Utrecht, is selected as a compromise candidate despite being absent from the proceedings. Bishop Boeyens is proclaimed as [[Pope Adrian VI]], the 218th pope and the last non-Italian pontiff for the next 450 years.<ref>{{cite book |last=Baumgartner |first=Frederic J. |year=2003 |title=Behind Locked Doors: A History of the Papal Elections |publisher=Palgrave Macmillan |pages=95–97 |isbn=0-312-29463-8 |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/behindlockeddoor00fred }}</ref>
* [[January 26]] &ndash; Spanish ''[[conquistador]]'' [[Gil González Dávila]] sets out from the gulf of Panama to explore the Pacific coast of Central America. He [[Spanish conquest of Nicaragua#Discovery of Nicaragua, 1519–1522|explores Nicaragua]] and names [[Costa Rica]] when he finds copious quantities of gold in Pacific beaches.
* [[February 5]] &ndash; In Castile in Spain, the [[Revolt of the Comuneros]] is re-ignited when King Carlos V reneges on a promised amnesty to participants in a 1520 uprising, and threatens to execute revolt leader [[María Pacheco]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Pérez |first=Joseph |author-link=Joseph Pérez |year=2001 |title=Los Comuneros |location=Madrid |publisher=La Esfera de los Libros, S.L. |page=131 |language=es |isbn=84-9734-003-5 |ref=Per01 }}</ref> Calm is restored by the intervention of Maria de Mendoza, and while many of the rebels are punished, Pacheco is able to escape to Portugal.<ref>{{cite book |last=Seaver |first=Henry Latimer |author-link=Henry Latimer Seaver |title=The Great Revolt in Castile: A Study of the Comunero Movement of 1520–1521 |orig-year=1928 |year=1966 |publisher=Octagon Books |location=New York |page=348 }}</ref>
* [[February 7]] &ndash; The Pact of Brussels is signed between [[Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor]] and his younger brother [[Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor|Archduke Ferdinand]], guaranteeing Charles's support of Ferdiand to become the [[King of the Romans]].
* [[February 10]] &ndash; The [[Grünwald Castle|Grünwald Conference]] takes place in the Duchy of Bavaria in Germany, as the co-rulers, [[William IV, Duke of Bavaria|Duke Wilhelm IV]] and [[Louis X, Duke of Bavaria|Duke Ludwig X]] agreed to retain the traditional Roman Catholic Church but to make their own reformation of the church within the Duchy, beginning what will eventually become the [[Counter-Reformation]].<ref>[https://museen-in-bayern.de/en/exhibitions/exhibition/exhibition/9052  "500 Years of the Grünwald Conference"], Museen-in-Bayern</ref>
* [[February 27]] &ndash; [[Daniel, Metropolitan of Moscow|Daniil of Volotsk]] is appointed by the Grand Duke of Moscow as the new [[Metropolitan of Moscow]], becoming the leader of the Russian Orthodox Church.<ref>Zhmakin V. I., "Daniil (Metropolitan of Moscow and All Russia)", ''Russian Biographical Dictionary'' (St. Petersburg: Dabelov – Dyadkovsky, 1905) pp.84-92</ref>
* [[February 28]] &ndash; The [[Odet of Foix, Viscount of Lautrec|Viscount of Lautrec]], leader of the French Army, spares the Italian residents of [[Treviglio]] from his plan of vengeance for their earlier resistance to the French troops, apparently after witnessing a miracle of seeing a [[fresco]] of the [[Virgin Mary]] shed tears.<ref>Piero Perego and Ildebrando Santagiuliana, ''Storia di Treviglio'' ("History of Treviglio"), Pro Loco, 1987, pp. 351-353</ref>
* [[March 5]] &ndash; In what is now the [[Karnataka]] state of India, [[List of Bahmani Sultans#List of Bahmani Shahs|Waliullah Shah]] is installed as the new ruler of Bahmani by the [[Bidar Sultanate|Sultan of Bidar]], [[Amir Barid I]].<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Kulke |first1=Hermann |last2=Rothermund |first2=Dietmar |title=A History of India |publisher=Routledge |year=2004 |isbn=9780415329200 |pages=181}}</ref>
* [[March 6]] &ndash; Protestant reformer [[Martin Luther]] returns to [[Wittenberg]] in Germany after getting cleared to return home by his protector, [[Frederick III, Elector of Saxony|Frederick the Wise]], [[List of rulers of Saxony|Elector of Saxony]]. <ref>Roland Bainton, ''Here I Stand: a Life of Martin Luther'' (New York: Penguin, 1995) pp. 44–45</ref> 
* [[March 9]] &ndash;
** In [[Zurich]] in [[Switzerland]], the [[Affair of the Sausages]] begins as Pastor [[Huldrych Zwingli]] of [[Grossmünster]] publicly speaks out against the food restrictions during the Roman Catholic period of fasting during [[Lent]], and advocating that followers of Martin Luther eat [[sausage]], one of the prohibited foods. Zwingli defends his action in the sermon ''Von Erkiesen und Freiheit der Speisen'' ("Regarding the freedom of Choice of Foods"), in that the [[Bible]] does not prohibit the eating of meat during Lent. The public declaration sparks the [[Reformation in Zürich]].<ref>{{cite book
| last=Lindberg| first=Carter| date=July 2009| title=The European Reformations| publisher=John Wiley and Sons| isbn=978-1-4051-8068-9| page=161| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GKoS6pB_3RQC&pg=PA161| accessdate=January 15, 2012
}}</ref>
**In Wittenberg, as the first day of [[Lent]] arrives, Martin Luther begins preaching the first of his eight "Invocavit sermons", stressing the primacy of core [[Christian values]], such as love, patience, charity, and freedom, and reminding his followers to trust God's word rather than violence to bring about necessary change.<ref>Martin Brecht, ''Martin Luther'' (Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 1985–1993), p.165</ref>
* [[March 31]] &ndash; [[Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor]], turns over control of the [[Duchy of Württemberg]] from [[Ulrich, Duke of Württemberg|the Duke Ulrich]] to the Emperor's brother, [[Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor|the Archduke Ferdiand of Austria]]<ref>{{cite book |last=Marcus |first=Kenneth H. |title=Politics of Power: Elites of an Early Modern State in Germany |date=2000 |publisher={{Ill|Verlag Philipp von Zabern|de}} |page=47 |isbn=3-8053-2534-7}}</ref>