Centuries -
Year in Review 15th Century -
Year in Review 16th Century -
Year in Review 17th Century
15th century - 16th century - 17th century
Decades: 1500s, 1510s, 1520s, 1530s, 1540s, 1550s, 1560s, 1570s, 1580s?, 1590s?
1516?, 1517?, 1518?, 1519, 1520, 1521, 1522, 1523?, 1524?, 1525?, 1526?
1519, 1520, 1521 - decade: 1520s - 16th century
Events:
- Change of emperor of the Ottoman Empire from Selim I (1512-1520) to Suleiman I (the Magnificient) (1520-1566)
- November 8: Stockholm bloodbath committed by Kristian II of Denmark after having the pope excommunicating the Swedish rulers and launching a crusade against them.