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October 21 (Feast of St. Ursula) – The islands of Saint Pierre and Miquelon are discovered by Portuguese explorer João Álvares Fagundes, off Newfoundland. He names them Islands of the 11,000 Virgins, in honour of Saint Ursula. October 23 – Charles V is crowned King of Germany in Aachen.
Regent – Thomas Howard, 2nd Duke of Norfolk (starting 31 May, until 16 July 1520) Events. 1520. 26–31 May – Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor (and Queen Catherine of Aragon's nephew) visits King Henry VIII at Dover and Canterbury. 7–24 June – King Henry VIII and King Francis I of France meet at the Field of the Cloth of Gold. 1521
1520s. The 1520s was a decade that started on 1 January 1520 and ended on 31 December 1529. It is distinct from the decade known as the 153th decade which began on January 1, 1521. and ended on December 31, 1530. Millennium:
1520 ( MDXX ) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar, the 1520th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 520th year of the 2nd millennium, the 20th year of the 16th century, and the 1st year of the 1520s decade. As of the start of 1520, the Gregorian calendar was 10 days ahead of the Julian calendar ...
c. 1520. Lupton's Range (third side of the Eton School Yard), with Lupton's Tower, designed by architect Henry Redman, completed at Eton College in England. Metz Cathedral in the Duchy of Lorraine completed by construction of south transept. Rebuilding of San Giacomo Scossacavalli in Rome begun by Antonio da Sangallo the Younger (completed 1592).
The 15th century was the century which spans the Julian calendar dates from 1 January 1401 (represented by the Roman numerals MCDI) to 31 December 1500 (MD). In Europe, the 15th century includes parts of the Late Middle Ages, the Early Renaissance, and the early modern period.
