Year '1519' (
MDXIX) was a
common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the
Julian calendar.
Events of 1519
January - June
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March 4 -
Hernán Cortés lands in
Mexico.
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June 28 - Charles I of
Spain becomes Emperor of
Holy Roman Empire as
Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor (ruled until
1556).
July - December
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July 4 -
Martin Luther joins the debate regarding papal authority against
John Eck at Leipzig.
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September 20 -
Ferdinand Magellan leaves
Europe to circumnavigate the world.
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November 8 -
Hernán Cortés enters
Tenochtitlán and
Aztec ruler
Moctezuma welcomes him with great pomp as would befit a returning
god.
Undated
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Erasmus publishes his
Colloquia.
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Martin Luther questions the infallibility of papal decrees.
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Mannerism, artistic form appears in
Italy and spreads.
★ Spanish find
Barbados.
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Cacao comes to Europe.
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Panama founded in August 15th.
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Havana moved from the
Southern to
Northern part of
Cuba.
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St Olav church is completed in
Tallinn,
Estonia.
Births
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February 5 -
René of Châlon, Prince of the House of Orange (d.
1544)
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February 15 -
Pedro Menéndez de Avilés, first Spanish Governor of Florida (d.
1574)
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February 16 -
Gaspard de Coligny, French Huguenot leader (died
1572)
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February 17 -
Francis, Duke of Guise, French soldier and politician (d.
1563)
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March 31 - King
Henry II of France (died
1559)
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April 13 -
Catherine de' Medici, queen of
Henry II of France (died
1589)
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May 27 -
Girolamo Mei, Italian humanist historian (died
1594)
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June 6 -
Andrea Cesalpino, Italian philosopher, physician, and botanist (died
1603)
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June 12 -
Cosimo I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (died
1574)
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June 24 -
Theodore Beza, French theologian (died
1605)
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July 22 -
Pope Innocent IX (died
1591)
★ ''date unknown''
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Thoinot Arbeau, French priest and author (died
1596)
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Johannes Goropius Becanus, Dutch physician, linguist, and humanist (d.
1572)
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Nicholas Grimald, English poet (died
1562)
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Ikeda Nagamasa, Japanese military commander (died
1563)
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Edwin Sandys, English prelate (died
1588)
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Imagawa Yoshimoto, Japanese warlord
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Stanisław Zamoyski, Polish nobleman (died
1572)
★ ''probable''
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Thomas Gresham, English merchant and financier (died
1579)
Deaths
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January 12 -
Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor (born
1459)
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January 21 -
Vasco Núñez de Balboa, Spanish explorer (born
1475)
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March 29 -
Francesco II Gonzaga, Marquess of Mantua (born
1466)
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May 2 -
Leonardo da Vinci, Italian inventor and painter (born
1452)
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May 4 -
Lorenzo II de' Medici, Duke of Urbino (b.
1492)
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June 24 -
Lucrezia Borgia, Duchess of Ferrara (born
1480)
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August 11 -
Johann Tetzel, German opponent of the Reformation (born
1465)
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August 23 -
Philibert Berthelier, Swiss patriot (born c
1465)
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September 10 -
John Colet, English churchman and educator (born
1467)
★ ''date unknown''
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William Grocyn, English scholar (born
1446)
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Cho Kwangjo, Korean scholar(born
1482)
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Ambrosius Holbein, German painter (born
1494)
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Alonso Álvarez de Pineda, Spanish explorer and cartographer (born
1494)
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