Editing 1526 (section)

=== April&ndash;June ===
* [[April 21]] &ndash; [[Battle of Panipat (1526)|Battle of Panipat]]: [[Babur]] becomes Mughal emperor, invades northern India and captures [[Delhi]], creating the [[Mughal Empire]], which lasts until [[1857]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Roy |first1=Kaushik |title=India's Historic Battles: From Alexander the Great to Kargil |date=2004 |publisher=Orient Blackswan |isbn=978-81-7824-109-8 |pages=54–66 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jpXijlqeRpIC&q=%2221+april+1526%22+mughal&pg=PR10 |access-date=2 August 2023 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Gates |first1=Scott |last2=Roy |first2=Kaushik |title=War and State-Building in Afghanistan: Historical and Modern Perspectives |date=20 November 2014 |publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing |isbn=978-1-4725-7219-6 |page=50 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UnkeBQAAQBAJ&dq=%2221+april+1526%22+mughal+empire&pg=PA50 |access-date=2 August 2023 |language=en}}</ref>
* [[May 22]] &ndash; Francis repudiates the Treaty of Madrid and forms the [[League of Cognac]] against Charles, including [[Pope Clement VII]], [[Province of Milan|Milan]], [[Republic of Venice|Venice]], and [[Republic of Florence|Florence]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Black |first1=Jeremy |title=European Warfare, 1494-1660 |date=5 July 2005 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-134-47708-1 |page=78 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=N4OCAgAAQBAJ&dq=%2222+may+1526%22+francis+repudiates+treaty+of+madrid+league+of+cognac&pg=PA78 |access-date=2 August 2023 |language=en}}</ref>
* [[May 23]] &ndash; A [[transit of Venus]] occurs,<ref>{{cite web |title=Catalog of Transits of Venus |url=https://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/transit/catalog/VenusCatalog.html |website=eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov |access-date=2 August 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=1526 May 23rd Transit of Venus |url=http://astro.ukho.gov.uk/nao/transit/V_1526/ |website=astro.ukho.gov.uk |access-date=2 August 2023}}</ref> the last before [[optical filter]]s allow astronomers to observe them.
* [[June 9]] &ndash; [[Emperor Go-Nara]] ascends to the throne of Japan.