Editing 1522 (section)

=== October&ndash;December ===
* [[October 22]] &ndash; An [[European macroseismic scale|EMS-X]] intensity [[1522 Vila Franca earthquake|earthquake kills more than 4,000 people]] on the Azores Islands as its strikes [[Vila Franca do Campo]], the provincial capital, located on [[São Miguel Island]].<ref name="Caldeira_etal_2017">{{Cite journal |last1=Caldeira |first1=B. |last2=Fontiela |first2=J. |last3=Borges |first3=J.F. |last4=Bezzeghoud |first4=M. |date=2017 |title=Large earthquakes in the Azores |journal=Física de la Tierra |volume=29 |pages=29–45 |doi=10.5209/FITE.57601|doi-access=free |hdl=10174/22303 |hdl-access=free }}</ref>
* [[November 17]] &ndash; The second [[Diet of Nuremberg]] opens to discuss various matters of the [[Holy Roman Empire]], including the Protestant [[Reformation]].<ref>Johann Eberlin von Günzburg, ''[https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Fifteen_Confederates/gBOQBAAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=Reichstag+November+Nuremberg+1522&pg=PA14&printsec=frontcover|The Fifteen Confederates]'' (Pickwick Publications, 2014) p.14 n.55</ref><ref>''[https://books.google.com/books?id=MLxGDwAAQBAJ&dq=Reichstag+November+Nuremberg+1522&pg=PA348 Martin Luther A Christian Between Reforms and Modernity (1517-2017)]'' (DeGruyter, 2017) pp.348-349</ref>
* [[December 18]] &ndash; The Ottomans finally break into [[Rhodes]], but the Knights continue fierce resistance in the streets.
* [[December 20]] &ndash; [[Suleiman the Magnificent]] accepts the surrender of the surviving Knights in Rhodes, who are allowed to evacuate. They eventually re-settle on [[Malta]], and become known as the [[Knights Hospitaller|Knights of Malta]].