Editing 1524

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[[File:Wpdms verrazano voyage map 2.jpg|thumb|300px|[[March 21]] — [[April 17]] &ndash;: [[Giovanni da Verrazzano]] and the crew of ''[[La Dauphine]]'' reach the North American eastern coast and sail northward.]]
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[[File:Wandering Bands of Insurgents during the German Peasants War.jpg|thumb|Start of the [[German Peasants' War]].]]
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Year '''1524''' ('''[[Roman numerals|MDXXIV]]''') was a [[leap year starting on Friday]] of the [[Julian calendar]].

== Events ==
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=== January&ndash;March ===
* [[January 17]] &ndash; [[Republic of Florence|Florentine]] explorer [[Giovanni da Verrazzano]], on board ''[[La Dauphine]]'' in the service of [[Francis I of France]], sets out from [[Madeira]] for the [[New World]], to seek out a western sea route to the [[Pacific Ocean]].
* [[February 20]] &ndash; [[Tecun Uman]], the [[K'iche' people|K'iche' Maya]] ruler of [[Guatemala]]'s highlands, is killed in a battle near [[Quetzaltenango]] between the K'iche' Maya people and the invading Spanish conquistadors led by Pedro Alvarado.<ref>{{cite book |author=Sharer, Robert J. |author-link=Robert Sharer |author2=Loa P. Traxler |year=2006 |title=The Ancient Maya |edition=6th |location=Stanford, California, US |publisher=[[Stanford University Press]] |isbn=0-8047-4817-9 |oclc=57577446 |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/ancientmaya0006shar |page=764 }}</ref>
* [[March 7]] &ndash; [[Spanish Empire|Spanish]] [[conquistador]] [[Pedro de Alvarado]] destroys the [[Kʼicheʼ kingdom of Qʼumarkaj]], taking the capital, [[Santa Cruz del Quiché|Quiché]].<ref>"Introduction", in Allen J. Christenson, to [https://www.google.com/books/edition/Popol_Vuh/rWr-_NXanhMC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=March+1524+Quiche&pg=PA31&printsec=frontcover''Popul Vuh: The Sacred Book of the Maya''] (University of Oklahoma Press, 2012) p.31</ref>
* [[March 21]] &ndash; [[Giovanni da Verrazzano|da Verrazzano]]'s expedition makes landfall at [[Cape Fear (headland)|Cape Fear]] at what is later the U.S. state of [[North Carolina]].<ref>''Verrazano's Voyage Along the Atlantic Coast of North America, 1524'', translation of letters by Giovanni da Verrazzano  (University of the State of New York, 1916) p.6 ("The XXIIII day of February we suffered a tempest as severe as ever a man who has navigated suffered... In XXV more days we asailed more than 400 leagues where there appeared to us a new land.")</ref>

=== April&ndash;June ===
* [[April 17]] &ndash; [[Giovanni da Verrazzano|Verrazzano]]'s expedition makes the first European entry into [[New York Bay]], and sights the island of [[Manhattan]].<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kpMGlc-cvAoC&q=%22La+Dauphine%22+verrazano&pg=PA37|last=Paine|first=Lincoln P.|title=Ships of Discovery and Exploration|location=New York|publisher=Houghton Mifflin Harcourt|year=2000|isbn=0-395-98415-7|page=37}}</ref><ref name=tt>{{cite book|first=Bernard|last=Grun|title=The Timetables of History|edition=3rd|location=New York|publisher=Simon & Schuster|year=1991|isbn=0-671-74919-6|page=[https://archive.org/details/timetablesofhist1991grun/page/235 235]|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/timetablesofhist1991grun}}</ref>
* [[April 30]] &ndash; [[Battle of the Sesia (1524)|Battle of the Sesia]]: [[Spanish Empire|Spanish]] forces under [[Charles de Lannoy]] defeat the [[Kingdom of France|French]] army in Italy, under [[Guillaume Gouffier, seigneur de Bonnivet|William de Bonnivet]]. The French, now commanded by François de St. Pol, withdraw from the [[Italian Peninsula]].
* [[May 23]] – [[Tahmasp I]] becomes the ruler of the [[Safavid Iran|Safavid Empire]], following the death of his father, [[Ismail I|Shah Ismail I]].
*  [[May 26]] &ndash; Atiquipaque, the most important city of the [[Xinca people|Xinca]] people, is [[Spanish conquest of Guatemala|conquered by the Spanish]], resulting in a significant reduction in the Xinca population. 
* [[June 8]] &ndash; [[Battle of Acajutla]]: Spanish [[conquistador]] [[Pedro de Alvarado]] defeats a battalion of [[Pipiles]], in the neighborhoods of present day [[Acajutla]], [[El Salvador]].<ref>{{cite book|author=James Stuart Olson|title=The Indians of Central and South America: An Ethnohistorical Dictionary|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=175c4xOpLtYC&pg=PA294|year=1991|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|isbn=978-0-313-26387-3|pages=294}}</ref>

=== July&ndash;September ===
* [[July 8]] &ndash; [[Giovanni da Verrazzano|Verrazzano]]'s expedition returns to [[Dieppe]].
* [[August 5]] &ndash; Two days before his coronation in Denmark, Frederick I is elected King of Norway. 
* [[August 7]] &ndash; The coronation of [[Frederick I of Denmark]] takes place in [[Copenhagen]].
* [[August 20]] &ndash; The French city of [[Marseille]] is besieged by Holy Roman Empire forces commanded by the [[Charles III, Duke of Bourbon]] and lasts until September 26.<ref>Janine Garrisson and Emmanuel Haven, ''A History of Sixteenth Century France, 1483-1598: Renaissance, Reformation and Rebellion'' (Macmillan Education UK, 1995) p.145</ref>
* [[August 22]] &ndash; Protestant theologians [[Martin Luther]] and [[Andreas Karlstadt]] dispute at [[Jena]].<ref>Amy Nelson Burnett, ''Karlstadt and the Origins of the Eucharistic Controversy: A Study in the Circulation of Ideas'' (Oxford University Press, 2011) p.143</ref>
* [[September 1]] &ndash; By the [[Treaty of Malmö]] signed on Sweden withdraws from the [[Kalmar Union]] with Denmark, Norway and Sweden.<ref>Lars-Olof Larsson, ''Gustav Vasa – Landsfader eller tyrann?''  (Prima, 2005) {{ISBN|978-9151839042}}</ref>
* [[September 5]] &ndash; Portuguese explorer [[Vasco da Gama]] arrives on the island of [[Goa]] to become the new [[Viceroy of Portuguese India]] but dies three months later.
* [[September 13]] &ndash; Spanish conquistador [[Francisco Pizarro]], [[Hernando de Luque]] and [[Diego de Almagro]] all set off on the first of three expeditions to conquer [[Peru]], taking along 80 men and 40 horses, but the venture is halted in Colombia.
* [[September 23]] &ndash; The ''Bundesbrief'' is adopted by the members of the [[Three Leagues]] of Switzerland (the [[League of God's House]], the [[League of the Ten Jurisdictions]], and the [[Grey League]]) as a common constitution.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.sahistory.org.za/topic/vasco-da-gamas-voyage-discovery-1497|title=Vasco da Gama's Voyage of 'Discovery' 1497 |date=2011-03-21|website=South African History Online |access-date=2016-11-06|archive-date=3 March 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220303054802/https://www.sahistory.org.za/article/vasco-da-gamas-voyage-discovery-1497|url-status=live}}</ref>

=== October&ndash;December ===
* [[October 28]] &ndash; A French army invading Italy, under King [[Francis I of France|Francis]], besieges [[Pavia]], months before the [[Battle of Pavia]].
* [[November 1]] &ndash; [[John Fleming, 2nd Lord Fleming]], [[Lord Chancellor of Scotland]] since 1517, is assassinated by John Tweedie of Drummelzier (chief of [[Clan Tweedie]]) and others.<ref>George Way and Romily Squire, ''Collins Scottish Clan & Family Encyclopedia'' ([[Standing Council of Scottish Chiefs]], 1994). pp. 387-388.</ref>
* [[November 15]] &ndash; The [[Treaty of Tordesillas (1524)|Treaty of Tordesillas]] is signed between representatives of [[Honoré I, Lord of Monaco]] and of [[Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor|King Charles of Spain]], and places [[Monaco]] under the protection of Spain.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Smith |first=Adolphe |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CxUgAAAAMAAJ&q=tordesillas+monaco |title=Monaco and Monte Carlo |date=1912 |publisher=Grant Richards |language=en |page=76}}</ref>
* [[December 8]] &ndash; [[Francisco Hernández de Córdoba (founder of Nicaragua)|Francisco Hernandez de Cordoba]] founds the city of [[Granada, Nicaragua]], the oldest Hispanic city in the mainland America.
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== Births ==
* [[February 10]] &ndash; [[Albrecht Giese]], German politician and diplomat (d. [[1580]])
* [[February 17]] &ndash; [[Charles, Cardinal of Lorraine]], French cardinal (d. [[1574]])
* [[May 28]] &ndash; [[Selim II]], [[Ottoman Sultan]] (d. [[1574]])
* [[June 12]] &ndash; [[Achilles Statius]], Portuguese humanist (d. [[1581]])
* [[June 24]] &ndash; [[Johann Stössel]], German theologian (d. [[1576]])
* [[August 23]] &ndash; [[François Hotman]], French Protestant lawyer and writer (d. [[1590]])<ref>{{cite book|author=Edward Bourbeau|title=Three Centuries of Bourbeaus in North America: From Pierre Bourbeau (1648) to Louis-Ludger Bourbeau (1939)|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rSo3AAAAMAAJ|year=1983|page=193}}</ref>
* [[September 7]] &ndash; [[Thomas Erastus]], Swiss theologian (d. [[1583]])
* [[September 11]] &ndash; [[Pierre de Ronsard]], French poet (d. [[1585]])
* [[October 4]] &ndash; [[Francisco Vallés]], Spanish physician (d. [[1592]])
* [[October 5]] &ndash; [[Rani Durgavati]], Queen of Gond (d. [[1564]])
* [[October 9]] &ndash; [[Ottavio Farnese, Duke of Parma]] (d. [[1586]])
* [[October 14]] &ndash; [[Elizabeth of Denmark, Duchess of Mecklenburg]], Danish princess (d. [[1586]])
* [[October 16]] &ndash; [[Nicolas, Duke of Mercœur]], French Catholic bishop (d. [[1577]])
* [[November 12]] &ndash; [[Diego de Landa]], Bishop of the Yucatán (d. [[1579]])
* ''date unknown''
**[[Jan Borukowski]], royal secretary of Poland (d. [[1584]])
** [[Armand de Gontaut, baron de Biron]], French soldier (d. [[1592]])
** [[Jean Pithou]], French lawyer and author (d. [[1602]]); and his twin brother, [[Nicolas Pithou]], French lawyer and author (d. [[1598]])
** [[Joseph Nasi]], Portuguese Sephardi diplomat and administrator (d. [[1579]])
** [[Thomas Tusser]], English poet and farmer (d. [[1580]])
** [[Luís de Camões]], Portuguese poet (d. [[1580]])<ref>{{cite book|author=A. J. Hoenselaars|title=The Author as Character: Representing Historical Writers in Western Literature|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aZdD4uayh20C&pg=PA228|year=1999|publisher=Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press|isbn=978-0-8386-3786-9|pages=228}}</ref>
** [[Plautilla Nelli]], Italian painter (d. [[1588]])
**[[Wenceslaus III Adam, Duke of Cieszyn]] (d. [[1579]])
**[[Catherine Carey]], cousin of [[Elizabeth I of England]] (d. [[1569]])
**[[Guyonne de Laval]], French Huguenot magnate (d. [[1567]])
* ''possible''
** [[Catherine Howard]], fifth queen of [[Henry VIII of England]], (b. between [[1518]] and 1524; d. [[1542]])

== Deaths ==
* [[January 5]] &ndash; [[Marko Marulić]], Croatian poet (b. [[1450]])
* [[January 6]] &ndash; [[Amalie of the Palatinate]], duchess consort of Pomerania (b. [[1490]])
* [[February 10]] &ndash; [[Catherine of Saxony, Archduchess of Austria]] (b. [[1468]])
* [[February 11]] &ndash; [[Isabella of Aragon, Duchess of Milan]], daughter of [[Alfonso II of Naples|King Alfonso II of Naples]] (b. [[1470]])
* [[February 20]] &ndash; [[Tecun Uman]], [[Kʼicheʼ people|Kʼicheʼ]] Mayan ruler (b. c. [[1500]])
* [[March 28]]
** [[Elisabeth of Brandenburg, Duchess of Württemberg]] (b. [[1451]])
** [[Ingrid Persdotter]], Swedish nun and letter writer
* [[April 14]] &ndash; [[William Conyers, 1st Baron Conyers]], English baron (b. [[1468]])
* [[April 30]] &ndash; [[Pierre Terrail, seigneur de Bayard]], French soldier (b. [[1473]])
* [[May 17]] &ndash; [[Francesco Soderini]], Italian Catholic cardinal (b. [[1453]])
* [[May 21]] &ndash; [[Thomas Howard, 2nd Duke of Norfolk]], English soldier and statesman (b. [[1443]])
* [[May 23]] &ndash; [[Ismail I]], [[Safavid dynasty]] Shah of Persia (b. [[1487]])
* [[May 31]] &ndash; [[Camilla Battista da Varano]], Italian [[Roman Catholic]] nun and saint (b. [[1458]])
* [[June 12]] &ndash; [[Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar]], Spanish conquistador (b. [[1465]])
* [[July 9]] &ndash; [[Sibylle of Brandenburg]], Duchess of Jülich and Berg (b. [[1467]])
* [[July 20]] &ndash; [[Claude of France]], queen consort of [[Francis I of France]] (b. [[1499]])
* [[August 4]] &ndash; [[Helen of the Palatinate]], Duchess of Pomerania (b. [[1493]])
* [[August 24]] &ndash; [[William Scott (died 1524)|Sir William Scott]], English Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports (b. [[1459]])
* [[September 18]] &ndash; [[Charlotte of Valois]], French princess (b. [[1516]])
* [[October 5]] &ndash; [[Joachim Patinir]], Flemish landscape painter (b. c. [[1480]])
* [[October 20]] &ndash; [[Thomas Linacre]], English humanist and physician (b. [[1460]])
* [[October 26]] &ndash; [[Philip II, Count of Waldeck]]-Eisenberg (1486–1524) (b. [[1453]])
* [[November 12]] &ndash; [[Juan Rodríguez de Fonseca]], Spanish archbishop and courtier (b. [[1451]])
* [[December 24]] &ndash; [[Vasco da Gama]], Portuguese explorer (b. c. [[1469]])<ref>{{cite book|author=Sanjay Subrahmanyam|title=The Career and Legend of Vasco Da Gama|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8wqMWl6sSwwC&pg=PA11|date=29 October 1998|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-0-521-64629-1|pages=11}}</ref>
* ''date unknown''
** [[Hans Holbein the Elder]], German painter (b. [[1460]])
** [[Andrea Solari]], Italian painter (b. [[1460]])
** [[Tang Yin]], Chinese painter (b. [[1470]])

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