1524 ( MDXXIV ) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar , the 1524th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 524th year of the 2nd millennium , the 24th year of the 16th century , and the 5th year of the 1520s decade. As of the start of 1524, the Gregorian calendar was 10 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.

Events [ change | change source ]

January–June [ change | change source ]

• January – Giovanni da Verrazzano , on board La Dauphine in the service of Francis I of France , sets out from Madeira for the New World .
• March 1 (approximate date) – da Verrazzano 's expedition makes landfall at Cape Fear .
• April 17 – da Verrazzano 's expedition makes the first European entry into New York Bay and sights the island of Manhattan . ^{[1] [2]}

July–December [ change | change source ]

• Summer – Paracelsus visits Salzburg . He also visits Villach during the year.
• July 8 – da Verrazzano 's expedition returns to Dieppe .
• August–September – Marseille is besieged by Imperial forces under the Duke of Bourbon .
• October 28 – A French army invading Italy under King Francis besieges Pavia .

Births [ change | change source ]

• Luis de Camoes , Portuguese poet (d. 1580 )
• Catherine Howard , Fifth Queen of Henry VIII of England , (born in between 1518 and 1524; d. 1542 )

Deaths [ change | change source ]

• Pietro Perugino ? Italian painter
• June 12 – Diego Velazquez de Cuellar , Spanish conquistador (b. 1465 )
• July 20 – Claude of France , queen of Louis XII of France (b. 1499 )
• December 24 – Vasco da Gama , Portuguese explorer (b. c. 1469 )

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