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1523
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Year 1523 (MDXXIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar.

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June 24: King Gustav of Sweden enters Stockholm and secures Sweden's independence from Denmark (painting by Carl Larsson)
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July 7: The Frisian rebellion ends, fought by the Arumer Black Heap
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  • The Ming dynasty Chinese navy captures two Western ships with Portuguese breech–loading culverins aboard, which the Chinese call a fo–lang–ji (Frankish culverin). According to the Ming Shi, these cannons are soon presented to the Jiajing Emperor by Wang Hong, and their design is copied in 1529.[32]
  • In northern Italy, a French army under Guillaume Gouffier tries to recover Milan but fails due to an offensive by Spanish, Imperial and English troops and they retreat in mid-November.[33]
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Births

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Margaret of France, Duchess of Berry
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Queen Anna
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Deaths

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Pope Adrian VI
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Pietro Perugino

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