1526

Table of contents

1 Events
2 Births
3 Deaths

Events

January 14 - Treaty of Madrid. Peace between Francis I of France and Charles V. Francis agrees to cede Burgundy to Charles, and abandons all claims to Flanders, Artois, Naples, and Milan.
May 22 - Francis repudiates the Treaty of Madrid and forms the League of Cognac against Charles, including the Pope, Milan, Venice, and Florence.
July 24 - Milan is captured by the Spanish
August 29 - Battle of Mohacs. The Turkish army of Sultan Suleiman I defeats the Hungarian army of King Louis II, who is killed in the retreat. Suleiman takes Buda, while Archduke Ferdinand of Austria and John Zapolya, Prince of Transylvania, dispute over the succession.
Dubrovnik achieves independence, although acknowledges Turkish overlordship
First official translation of the New Testament of the Bible in Swedish (cf 1541)
First battle of Panipat - Babur becomes Moghul emperor of India, captures Delhi.
Emperor Go-Nara ascends to the throne of Japan