Important Historical Events of the year 1527, Year 1527 in History

List of 1527 Major News Events in History, Most Important Historical Events in 1527

What happened in the year 1527?

Date Event
January 1, 1527 Croatian nobles elect Ferdinand I, Archduke of Austria as King of Croatia in the 1527 election in Cetin.
February 24, 1527 Coronation of Ferdinand I as the king of Bohemia in Prague.
May 6, 1527 Spanish and German troops sack Rome; many scholars consider this the end of the Renaissance.
May 16, 1527 The Florentines drive out the Medici for a second time and Florence re-establishes itself as a republic.
May 17, 1527 Pánfilo de Narváez departs Spain to explore Florida with 600 men
June 22, 1527 Fatahillah expels Portuguese forces from Sunda Kelapa, now regarded as the foundation of Jakarta.
July 12, 1527 Lê Cung Hoàng ceded the throne to Mạc Đăng Dung, ending the Lê dynasty and starting the Mạc dynasty.
August 3, 1527 The first known letter from North America is sent by John Rut while at St. John's, Newfoundland.