Major Events
- Jan 12 Gustav I of Sweden crowned King of Sweden, rules for 37 years, and becomes known as the "father of the nation"
- Jan 22 England & France declare war on Emperor Charles V
- Feb 24 John Zápolya the disputed King of Hungary and Ottoman Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent sign treaty
- Mar 5 Utrecht governor Maarten van Rossum plunders The Hague
- Apr 15 Pánfilo the Narváez, Spanish conquistador arrives in Florida with 350 men to a hostile reception from native indians
- Jun 30 Burgundian army occupies Utrecht
- Sep 22 Remaining crew of Spanish Narváez Expedition depart Florida in 5 crude boats destined for Texas, by sailing along the coast, a course disrupted by storms that carry them out to open Gulf of Mexico waters; boats land on barrier islands in early November [1]
- Oct 20 Treaty of Gorinchem signed between Holy Roman Emperor Charles V and Duke Charles of Guelders
- Nov 6 Shipwrecked Spanish conquistador Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca becomes first known European to set foot in Texas
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Fun Fact About 1528
Shipwrecked Spanish conquistador Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca becomes first known European to set foot in Texas
Who Died in 1528
- Jan 28 Philips of Cleve, ruler of Ravenstein and military commander in the low countries, dies
- Feb 14 Edzard I 'Edzard the Great', Count of East Frisia (1494-1528) who waged three-year war with Saxony, dies at 66
- Feb 29 Patrick Hamilton, Scottish protestant martyr, burned at the stake in St Andrews at about 24
- Apr 1 Francisco de Peñalosa, Spanish composer
- Apr 6 Albrecht Dürer, German Renaissance painter and printmaker (Adam and Eve), dies at 56
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