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Line 15: * [[February 28]] – The last Aztec Emperor, [[Cuauhtémoc]], is killed by [[Hernán Cortés]]. * [[March 20]] – In the [[Holy Roman Empire|German]] town of [[Memmingen]], the pamphlet ''The [[Twelve Articles]]: The Just and Fundamental Articles of All the Peasantry and Tenants of Spiritual and Temporal Powers by Whom They Think Themselves Oppressed'' is published, the first human rights related document written in Europe. * [[April 4]] – [[German Peasants' War]] in the [[Holy Roman Empire]]: Battle of Leipheim – Peasants retreat. * [[April 10]] – [[Albert, Duke of Prussia]] commits [[Prussian Homage]]. * [[May 14]]–[[May 15|15]] – [[German Peasants' War]]: [[Battle of Frankenhausen]] * [[June 13]] – [[Martin Luther]] marries ex-nun [[Katharina von Bora]]. The painter [[Lucas Cranach the Elder]] is one of the witnesses. * [[June 16]] – [[Henry VIII of England]] appoints his six-year old illegitimate son [[Henry FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Richmond and Somerset|Henry FitzRoy]] [[Duke of Richmond]] and [[Duke of Somerset|Somerset]]. * [[June 23]]–[[June 24|24]] – [[German Peasants' War]]: [[Battle of Pfeddersheim]] – Peasants defeated in the last significant action of the war, in which over 75,000 peasants have been killed. === July–December === Line 28 ⟶ 30: * European-brought diseases sweep through the [[Andes]], killing thousands, including the [[Inca]]. * The [[Bubonic plague]] spreads in southern [[Kingdom of France|France]]. * Printing of the first edition of [[William Tyndale]]'s [[New Testament]] [[Bible translation]] into English in [[Cologne]] is * The [[Navarre witch trials (1525-26)]] begin. * The Chinese Ministry of War under the [[Ming dynasty]] orders ships having more than one [[Mast (sailing)|mast]] sailing along the southeast coast to be seized, investigated, and destroyed; this in an effort to [[Wokou|curb piracy]] and limit private commercial trade abroad. * The Age of Samael ends, and the Age of Gabriel begins, according to [[Johannes Trithemius]].</onlyinclude>
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