Today, Aug 13th 2021, it is exactly 500 years since the end of the Aztec Empire (1428-1521)

In the year 1521, Pope Leo X excommunicates Martin Luther (Jan 3), the Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan reaches the Philippines (Mar 16), the Diet of Worms ends, and Martin Luther is declared an outlaw (May 25), Suleiman the Magnificent, leader of the Ottoman Empire, begins the siege of Belgrade (Jun 25), Gustaf Eriksson, the future King Gustaf Vasa, rebels against Kalmar Union (Aug),** Cuauhtémoc, the last Aztec Emperor, surrenders to Cortés whereby the Aztec Empire is incorporated into the Spanish Empire** (Aug 13) – and all these fine people were born:

1521-0405 Francesco Laparelli* architect/assistant of Michelangelo – Cortona, Republic of Florence (1570/49)
1521-0414 Johann Marbach* German Lutheran reformer/controversialist - Lindau, Bavaria (1581/59)

1521-0819 Lodovico Guicciardini* merchant/writer active in Antwerp – Florence, Republic of Florence (1589/67)

1521-1122 Edmund Sheffield* baron/second cousin once removed of the reigning English monarch, King Henry VIII - England (1549/27)

1521-1201 Takeda Shingen* pre-eminent warlord (daimyo) in feudal Japan  – Kai Province, Japan (1573/51)

Updated 13.8.2021
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