Important Historical Events of the year 1520, Year 1520 in History

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List of 1520 Major News Events in History, Most Important Historical Events in 1520

What happened in the year 1520?

Date	Event
January 19, 1520	Sten Sture the Younger, the Regent of Sweden, is mortally wounded at the Battle of Bogesund and dies on February 3.
April 16, 1520	The Revolt of the Comuneros begins in Spain against the rule of Charles V.
May 20, 1520	Hernando Cortes defeats Panfilo de Narvaez, sent by Spain to punish him for insubordination.
May 22, 1520	The massacre at the festival of Tóxcatl takes place during the Fall of Tenochtitlan, resulting in turning the Aztecs against the Spanish.
June 15, 1520	Pope Leo X threatens to excommunicate Martin Luther in Exsurge Domine.
July 1, 1520	Spanish conquistadors led by Hernán Cortés fight their way out of Tenochtitlan after nightfall.
July 7, 1520	Spanish conquistadores defeat a larger Aztec army at the Battle of Otumba.
September 30, 1520	Suleiman the Magnificent is proclaimed sultan of the Ottoman Empire.
October 21, 1520	João Álvares Fagundes discovers the islands of Saint Pierre and Miquelon, bestowing them their original name of "Islands of the 11,000 Virgins".
October 26, 1520	Charles V is crowned as Holy Roman Emperor.
October 28, 1520	Ferdinand Magellan reaches the Pacific Ocean.
November 1, 1520	The Strait of Magellan, the passage immediately south of mainland South America connecting the Pacific and the Atlantic Oceans, is first discovered and navigated by European explorer Ferdinand Magellan during the first recorded circumnavigation voyage.
November 8, 1520	Stockholm Bloodbath begins: A successful invasion of Sweden by Danish forces results in the execution of around 100 people, mostly noblemen.
November 9, 1520	More than 50 people are sentenced and executed in the Stockholm Bloodbath.
November 28, 1520	After 38 days, an expedition under the command of Ferdinand Magellan completes the first passage through the Strait of Magellan and enters the Pacific Ocean.
December 10, 1520	Martin Luther burns his copy of the papal bull Exsurge Domine outside Wittenberg's Elster Gate.