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Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	15th century - 16th century - 17th century
Decades:	1490s 1500s 1510s - 1520s - 1530s 1540s 1550s
Years:	1526 1527 1528 - 1529 - 1530 1531 1532

1529 in topic:
Subjects: Archaeology - Architecture -
Art - Literature - Music - Science
Leaders: State leaders - Colonial governors
Category: Establishments - Disestablishments
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Year 1529 was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

Events of 1529

March 7/9 - Battle of Shimbra Kure: Imam Ahmad ibn Ibrihim al-Ghazi, with 200 men armed with matchlocks, defeats the army of Lebna Dengel, Emperor of Ethiopia.
April 19 - At the Diet of Speyer, a group of rulers (German: Fürst) and independent cities (German: Reichsstadt) protests the reinstatement of the Edict of Worms, beginning the Protestant movement.
April 22 - The Treaty of Saragossa divides the eastern hemisphere between Spain and Portugal, stipulating that the dividing line should lie 297.5 leagues or 17° east of the Moluccas.
May 10 - The Turkish army under Suleiman I leaves Constantinople to once again invade Hungary.

September 8
- Buda is recaptured by the invading Turkish forces.
- The city of Maracaibo, Venezuela is founded by Ambrosius Ehinger.
September 23 - Vienna is besieged by the Turkish forces of Suleiman.
October 15 - With the season growing late, Suleiman abandons the siege.

Thomas Wolsey, Archbishop of York, fails to bring about the divorce and annulment Henry VIII had sought and is forced to resign.
Aylesbury is granted the county town of Buckinghamshire in England by King Henry VIII.
Stephen Báthory becomes governor of Transylvania.

April 3 - Michael Neander, German mathematician and historian (d. 1581)
April 25 - Francesco Patrizi, Italian philosopher and scientist (d. 1597)
June 7 - Étienne Pasquier, French lawyer and writer (d. 1615)
June 14 - Archduke Ferdinand II of Austria, regent of Tyrol and Further Austria (d. 1595)
date unknown
- Titu Cusi, Inca ruler of Vilcabamba (d. 1571)
- Giambologna, Italian sculptor (d. 1608)
- Henry Sidney, lord deputy of Ireland (d. 1586)
- Michał Wiśniowiecki, prince at Wiśniowiec (d. 1584)
- Taddeo Zuccari, Italian painter (d. 1566)

See also Category: 1529 births.

January 7 - Peter Vischer the Elder, German sculptor (b. 1455)
February 2 - Baldassare Castiglione, Italian writer and diplomat (b. 1478)
February 4 - Ludwig Haetzer, German Protestant reformer (executed) (b. 1500)
April 20 - Silvio Passerini, cardinal and lord of Florence (b. 1469)
June 21 - John Skelton, English poet (b. c. 1460)
September 6 - George Blaurock, Swiss founder of the Anabaptist Church (b. 1491)
November 20 - Karl von Miltitz, papal nuncio (b. c. 1490)
date unknown
- Krishnadevaraya, Vijaynagar emperor
- Andrea Sansovino, Italian sculptor (b. 1467)
- Petrus Särkilahti, Finnish Lutheran and scientist
- Wang Yangming, Chinese official (b. 1472)
probable
- Lo Spagna, Italian painter
possible
- La Malinche, interpreter and translator for Hernán Cortés during the Conquest of Mexicon

See also Category: 1529 deaths.