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Year 1522 (MDXXII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

Events of 1522

January - June

July - December

  • July 28 - Beginning of Ottoman Sultan Suleiman I's siege of the Knights of St. John in Rhodes.
  • September 6 - The Vittoria, one of the surviving ships of Ferdinand Magellan's expedition, returns to Sanlucar de Barrameda in Spain, becoming the first ship to circumnavigate the world.
  • December 18 - The Turks finally break into Rhodes, but the Knights continue fierce resistance in the streets.
  • December 20 - Suleiman the Magnificent accepts the surrender of the surviving Knights, who are allowed to evacuate. They eventually re-settle on Malta and become known as the Knights of Malta.

    Undated

  • First Diet of Nuremberg.
  • The third edition of the Textus Receptus of the Bible published.
  • Knight's Revolt in Germany.

    Births

  • February 2 - Lodovico Ferrari, Italian mathematician (died 1565)
  • March 28 - Albert the Warlike, German prince (died 1557)
  • April 23 - Catherine of Ricci, Italian prioress (died 1590)
  • May 24 - John Jewel, English bishop (died 1571)
  • July 25 - Anna of Lorraine (died 1568)
  • September 11 - Ulissi Aldrovandi, Italian naturalist (died 1605)
  • November 9 - Martin Chemnitz, Lutheran reformer (died 1586)
  • November 18 - Lamoral, Count of Egmont, Flemish general and statesman (died 1568)
  • December 28 - Margaret of Austria, regent of the Netherlands (d. 1568)
  • date unknown
  • probable » See also .

    Deaths

  • February 25 - William Lilye, English classical scholar (born c1468)
  • April - Queen Eleni of Ethiopia
  • June 25 - Franchinus Gaffurius, Italian composer (born 1451)
  • June 30 - Johann Reuchlin, German humanist and Hebrew scholar (born 1455)
  • September - Gavin Douglas, Scottish poet and bishop (born c1474)
  • October 30 - Jean Mouton, French composer (born c1459)
  • November 14 - Anne of France, Princess and Regent of France (b. 1461)
  • date unknown » See also .


       

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