Major Events
- Feb 24 1st imperial coronation by a Pope, Charles V crowned by Clement V
- Mar 7 English King Henry VIII's divorce request is denied by Pope Clement VII
- Apr 8 Holy Roman Emperor convenes Imperial Diet in German city of Augsburg to address Protestant tensions
- Jun 20 Diet Augsburg inaugurated by Emperor Charles V to address Ottoman threat and rising Protestant tensions
- Jun 25 The Augsburg Confession: German Protestant princes force Holy Roman Emperor Charles V to hear their Confession of Faith (statement of Lutheran theology)
- Aug 12 Florence surrenders for emperor Karel I
- Sep 20 Luther advises protestant monarch compromise
- Nov 5 St Felix Flood ravages Dutch coast and destroys the city of Reimerswaal in the Netherlands
- Nov 19 "The Recess", the final decree of the Diet of Augsburg signed by Charles V and Catholic princes reaffirming Catholic rites and principles (after departure of Protestant Princes)
Ivan the Terrible
Babur
Martin Luther
Michelangelo
Charles V
Francis I of France
Henry VIII
Suleiman the Magnificent