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Important Historical Events of the year 1523, Year 1523 in History

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List of 1523 Major News Events in History, Most Important Historical Events in 1523

What happened in the year 1523?

Date Event
January 20, 1523 Christian II is forced to abdicate as King of Denmark and Norway.
June 6, 1523 Swedish regent Gustav Vasa is elected King of Sweden and, marking a symbolic end to the Kalmar Union, 6 June is designated the country's national day.[4]
June 9, 1523 The Parisian Faculty of Theology fines Simon de Colines for publishing the Biblical commentary Commentarii initiatorii in quatuor Evangelia by Jacques Lefèvre d'Étaples.
June 10, 1523 Copenhagen is surrounded by the army of Frederick I of Denmark, as the city will not recognise him as the successor of Christian II of Denmark.
July 1, 1523 Jan van Essen and Hendrik Vos become the first Lutheran martyrs, burned at the stake by Roman Catholic authorities in Brussels.