Editing 1526 (section)

=== July&ndash;September ===
* [[July 24]] &ndash; [[Province of Milan|Milan]] is captured by the [[Spanish Empire|Spanish]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Elton |first1=Geoffrey Rudolph |title=The New Cambridge Modern History |date=1962 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |page=343 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QqEIAQAAIAAJ&q=%20%2224%20july%201526%22 |access-date=3 August 2023 |language=en}}</ref>
* [[July 25]] &ndash; The [[Spanish Empire|Spanish]] ship ''Santiago'', from [[García Jofre de Loaísa]]'s expedition, reaches the [[Pacific Coast of Mexico]] and drops anchor at the  [[Gulf of Tehuantepec]],<ref>[https://traslaultimafrontera.com/la-expedicion-de-loaisa/ "La expedición de Jofre de Loaísa"], Tras  La Ultima Frontera</ref> becoming the first ship to sail from Europe to the west coast of North America.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Delpar |first1=Helen |title=The Discoverers: An Encyclopedia of Explorers and Exploration |date=1980 |publisher=McGraw-Hill |isbn=978-0-07-016264-8 |page=383 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GCuBAAAAMAAJ&q=%22july%201526%22 |access-date=3 August 2023 |language=en}}</ref>
* [[August 9]] &ndash; Lucas Vázquez de Ayllón of Spain founded the failed colony, [[San Miguel de Gualdape]] in present-day [[Winyah Bay]], [[Georgetown County]], [[South Carolina]]. It was the first European settlement, as well as the first documented occurrence of enslavement of African peoples in what would later become the continental [[United States]].
* [[August 15]] &ndash; The first official translation is made of the [[New Testament]] into [[Swedish language|Swedish]]; the entire Bible is completed in [[1541]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Hollander |first1=A. A. den |last2=Grell |first2=Ole Peter |title=The New Cambridge History of the Bible: Volume 3: From 1450 to 1750 |date=2016 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=978-0-521-51342-5 |pages=239–262 |url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/abs/new-cambridge-history-of-the-bible/bibles-in-the-dutch-and-scandinavian-vernaculars-to-c-1750/DD0C0FC1C94DC0F5237943C75D0CF31E |access-date=3 August 2023 |chapter=Bibles in the Dutch and Scandinavian vernaculars to c. 1750}}</ref>
* [[August 21]] &ndash; Spanish explorer [[Alonso de Salazar]] becomes the first European to sight the [[Marshall Islands]], in the Pacific Ocean.<ref>{{cite book|title=Early Spanish Discoveries in the Pacific|first=Andrew|last=Sharp|year=1960|pages=11–13}}</ref>
* [[August 29]] &ndash; [[Battle of Mohács]]: The Ottoman army of Sultan [[Suleiman the Magnificent|Suleiman I]] defeats the Hungarian army of King [[Louis II of Hungary|Louis II]], who drowns while retreating with his troops. Two rival groups seek to elect a successor to Louis.<ref name="LOUIS">{{cite book |last1=Wheatcroft |first1=Andrew |title=The Enemy at the Gate: Habsburgs, Ottomans, and the Battle for Europe |date=28 April 2009 |publisher=Basic Books |isbn=978-0-7867-4454-1 |page=58 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XkLDVyYZPBYC&dq=battle+of+mohacs+%2229+august+1526%22+retreat&pg=PA58 |access-date=3 August 2023 |language=en}}</ref> Suleiman takes [[Buda]], while [[Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor|Archduke Ferdinand of Austria]] and [[John Zápolya]], [[Prince of Transylvania]], dispute the succession.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Norwich |first1=John Julius |title=Four Princes: Henry VIII, Francis I, Charles V, Suleiman the Magnificent and the Obsessions that Forged Modern Europe |date=4 April 2017 |publisher=Open Road + Grove/Atlantic |isbn=978-0-8021-8946-2 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AG9IDQAAQBAJ&q=%2229%20august%201526%22 |access-date=3 August 2023 |quote=When, on 29 August 1526, the forces of Suleiman the Magnificent smashed the Hungarians at Mohacs and shortly afterwards sacked their capital at Buda, rule over the defeated country was disputed by the Sultan's vassal John Zapolya and Charles V's brother Ferdinand.}}</ref> As a result of the battle, [[Dubrovnik]] achieves independence, although it acknowledges [[Ottoman Empire|Turkish]] overlordship.
* [[September 19]] &ndash; Spanish Muslims who had hidden in the [[Serra d'Espadà|Sierra de Espadán]] mountain range in Valencia and who are led by Selim Almanzo are overwhelmed by a German contingent of 3,000 soldiers from the Holy Roman Empire. After their defeat, 5,000 adult Muslims (including old men and women) are massacred.<ref>Henry Charles Lea, ''The Moriscos of Spain: Their Conversion and Expulsion'' (Lea Brothers & Company, 1901) p. 95</ref>