1527

Years: 1524 1525 1526 - 1527 - 1528 1529 1530
Decades: 1490s 1500s 1510s - 1520s - 1530s 1540s 1550s
Centuries: 15th century - 16th century - 17th century

Events

January 5 - Felix Manz, co-founder of the Swiss Anabaptists , was drowned in the Limmat River in Zürich by the Zürich Reformed state church.
May 6 - Spanish and German troops led by the Duke of Bourbon sack Rome (the infamous Sacco di Roma), forcing Pope Clement VII to make peace with Charles V.
May 16 - Florentines drive out the Medici for a second time and Florence re-establishes a republic.
Spanish conquest of Guatemala highlands completed; first Guatemala City founded (Ciudad Vieja).
Spanish Conquistador Francisco de Montejo invades Yucatán.
Battle of Tokay - Ferdinand of Austria defeats John Zapolya and takes over most of Hungary. John appeals to the Turks for help.
Protestant Reformation begins in Sweden.
Ahmed Gragn of Somalia defeats the Ethiopian army with his new firearms.
People of the university of Wittenberg flee plague to Jena.
Bishop Vesey's Grammar School in Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands, UK is founded by Bishop John Vesey.