1525

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1525 (MDXXV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar, the 1525th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 525th year of the 2nd millennium, the 25th year of the 16th century, and the 6th year of the 1520s decade. As of the start of 1525, the Gregorian calendar was 10 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.

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  • February 24Guillaume Gouffier, seigneur de Bonnivet, French soldier
  • February 26Cuauhtémoc, last Aztec ruler (tortured to death)
  • May 5Frederick III, Elector of Saxony (born 1463)
  • May 27Thomas Muentzer, German pastor and rebel leader (born 1489)
  • July 22Richard Wingfield, English diplomat
  • December 30Jakob Fugger, German banker (born 1459)
  • Jean Lemaire de Belges, Walloon poet and historian (born 1473)
  • Huayna Capac, emperor of the Inca (born 1493)
  • Franciabigio, Florentine painter (born 1482)
  • Jacques de la Palice, French nobleman and military officer
  • Richard de la Pole, last Yorkist claimant to the English throne (killed in battle)
  • Nicholas Storch, weaver and reformer
  • Leonor of Viseu, queen of João II of Portugal
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