1528 ( MDXXVIII ) was a leap year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar , the 1528th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 528th year of the 2nd millennium , the 28th year of the 16th century , and the 9th year of the 1520s decade. As of the start of 1528, the Gregorian calendar was 10 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.

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• June 19 ? Battle of Landriano ? A French army in Italy under Marshal St. Pol is decisively defeated.
• November 6 ? Shipwrecked Spanish conquistador Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca becomes the first known European to set foot on Texas .
• Andrea Doria revolts against the French and establishes the independence of Genoa .
• Montenegro gains autonomy under Turk power.
• Maya people drive Spanish Conquistadors out of Yucatan .
• Spain takes direct control of Acapulco .
• Bubonic plague breaks out in England .
• Fourth major outbreak of the sweating sickness in England. This time the disease also spreads to northern Europe
• St George's Chapel in Windsor Castle completed.
• Chateau Fontainebleau in France begun.
• Cardinal Wolsey founds a college at Ipswich .
• Michelangelo (Michelangelo Buonarroti) begins work on fortifications of Florence .
• Baldassare Castiglione publishes The Book of the Courtier .