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Years: 1526 1527 1528 - 1529 - 1530 1531 1532
Decades: 1490s 1500s 1510s - 1520s - 1530s 1540s 1550s
Centuries: 15th century - 16th century - 17th century

March 7 or 9 - At the Battle of Shimbra Kure, Imam Ahmad ibn Ibrihim al-Ghazi, with 200 men armed with matchlocks, defeats the army of Lebna Dengel, Emperor of Ethiopia.
April 19 - At the Diet of Speyer, a group of rulers (German: Fürst) and independent cities (German: Reichsstadt) protests the reinstatement of the Edict of Worms, beginning the Protestant movement.
April 22 - Treaty of Saragossa divides the eastern hemisphere between Spain and Portugal, stipulating that the dividing line should lie 297.5 leagues or 17° east of the Moluccas.
May 10 - The Turkish army under Suleiman I leaves Constantinople to once again invade Hungary.
August 5 - Emperor Charles V and Francis I of France sign the Treaty of Cambrai, or the "Ladies' Peace". Francis abandons his claims in Italy, but is allowed to retain Burgundy.
September 8 - Recapture of Buda by the invading Turkish forces.
September 8 - The city of Maracaibo in Venezuela is founded by Ambrosius Ehinger.
September 23 - Vienna is besieged by Turkish forces.
October 15 - With the season growing late, Suleiman abandons the siege.

April 3 - Michael Neander, German mathematician and historian (d. 1581)
June 7 - Étienne Pasquier, French lawyer and writer (died 1615)
June 14 - Archduke Ferdinand II of Austria, regent of Tyrol and Further Austria (died 1595)
Titu Cusi, Inca ruler of Vilcabamba (died 1571)
Giambologna, Italian sculptor (died 1608)
Francesco Patrizzi, Italian philosopher and scientist (died 1597)
Henry Sidney, lord deputy of Ireland (died 1586)
Michal Wisniowiecki, prince at Wiśniowiec (died 1584)
Taddeo Zuccaro, Italian painter (died 1566)