1523

Centuries:	15th century - 16th century - 17th century
Decades:	1490s 1500s 1510s - 1520s - 1530s 1540s 1550s
Years:	1520 1521 1522 - 1523 - 1524 1525 1526

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

[edit] Events of 1523

June 6 - Gustav Vasa becomes King of Sweden, establishing finally its full independence from Denmark.

April 5 - Blaise de Vigenère, French diplomat and cryptographer (died 1596)
June 5 - Margaret of France, Duchess of Berry (died 1574)
September 22 - Charles, Cardinal de Bourbon French church leader and pretender to the throne (died 1590)
October 18 - Anna Jagiellon, daughter of Sigismund I of Poland (died 1596)
December 6 - Barbara Radziwiłł, queen of Poland (died 1551)
date unknown
- Sancho d'Avila, Spanish military leader (died 1583)
- Gabriele Falloppio, Italian anatomist and physician (died 1562)
- Martín Cortés, Spanish conquistador (died 1589)
probable
- Crispin van den Broeck, Flemish painter (died 1591)
- Richard Edwards, English poet (died 1566)

See also Category: 1523 births.

February 4 - Thomas Ruthall, Chancellor of the University of Cambridge
May 7 - Franz von Sickingen, German knight (born 1481)
May 23 - Ashikaga Yoshitane, Japanese shogun (born 1466)
May 24 - Henry Marney, 1st Baron Marney, English politician (born 1447)
August 13 - Gerard David, Flemish artist (born c. 1455)
August 29 - Ulrich von Hutten, Lutheran reformer (born 1488)
September 14 - Pope Adrian VI (born 1459)
October - William Cornysh, English composer (born 1465)
date unknown
- Alessandro Alessandri, Italian jurist (born 1461)
- Bartolomeo Montagna, Italian painter (born 1450)
probable
- Vicente Yáñez Pinzón, Spanish navigator (born 1460)

See also Category: 1523 deaths.