Nekrolog 1521
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This is a list of famous people who died in 1521 . The entries are made alphabetically within the individual data. Animals can be found in the necrology for animals .
January
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6th January | Guillaume III. de Croy | cardinal | ||
| 10. January | Fabrizio del Carretto | Grand Master of the Order of St. John | ||
| 21th January | Henning Göde | German lawyer | ||
| January 28th | Konrad Rabensteiner zu Döhlau | German nobleman, bailiff |
February
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 24th | Ludolf Hawenkel | Council Secretary of the Hanseatic City of Lübeck | ||
| February 25 | Johann Schönsperger | Augsburg printer |
March
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4th of March | Rudolf Agricola | German printer and author | ||
| 7th March | Benedetto Buglioni | Italian sculptor and terracotta artist | ||
| March, 15 | Johann II. | Duke of Kleve and Count of the Mark | 62 | |
| March 29 | Christoph von Schroffenstein | Prince-Bishop of Brixen |
April
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2nd of April | Erasmus Stella | German doctor, mayor and historian | ||
| April 8th | Wilhelm II of Pernstein | bohemian nobleman | ||
| 11 April | Lorenz Beheim | Italian Renaissance ruler | ||
| April 24th | Juan de Padilla | Leader of the unsuccessful Comuneros uprising | ||
| April 27 | Ferdinand Magellan | Portuguese navigator who sailed for the Spanish Crown | ||
| April 28 | Suzanne de Bourbon-Beaujeu | Duchess of Bourbon and Auvergne, Countess of Clermont, Forez and La Marche, mistress of Beaujeu | 29 |
May
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10th of May | Sebastian Brant | German humanist and author | ||
| 17th of May | Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham | English nobleman | 43 | |
| May 18 | Guillaume II. De Croy | Burgundian-Dutch politician | ||
| May 21 | Ludwig von Eyb the Younger | German court official, military leader and writer | ||
| 25. May | Job von Dorbenck | Bishop of Pomesania (1501–1521) |
June
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8th June | Zhengde | Chinese emperor of the Ming Dynasty | 29 | |
| 15th June | Tamás Bakócz | Hungarian cardinal and politician | ||
| June 21st | Leonardo Loredan | Doge of Venice (1501–1521) | 84 | |
| June 29th | Francesco Conti | cardinal |
July
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7th of July | Tideman Berck | Mayor of Lübeck | ||
| July 9 | Raffaele Riario | Cardinal, patron of the arts | 61 | |
| July | Juan Ponce de León | Spanish conquistador |
August
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18th of August | Heinrich Mulert | Legal scholar and university professor at the University of Greifswald | ||
| August 27 | Charles de Clèves | Count of Nevers and Eu | ||
| August 27 | Josquin Desprez | Franco-Flemish composer and singer |
September
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 8th | Benedictus Chelidonius | German humanist and poet, abbot of the Vienna Schottenstift | ||
| 12th September | Gallus Oehem | Monk and chronicler of the Reichenau monastery | ||
| September 15th | Neagoe Basarab | Ruler of Wallachia |
October
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 7th | Margarete von Anhalt | Duchess of Saxony | 26th | |
| October 7th | Ulrich Pesnitzer | German architect, master craftsman and fortress builder | ||
| October 22nd | Johannes Pfefferkorn | German, anti-Jewish writer | ||
| October 24th | Robert Fayrfax | English composer and musician |
November
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 2 | Margaret of Lorraine | Duchess of Alençon, Blessed | ||
| November 13th | Valentine | Duke of (Troppau) -Ratibor | ||
| November 26th | Martin Karith | Bishop of Cammin |
December
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 1 | Leo X. | Pope (1513–1521) | 45 | |
| December 4th | Conrad Gerle | German lute maker | ||
| December 8th | Christina of Saxony | Queen of Denmark, Norway and Sweden, and Duchess of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorf | 59 | |
| 11th December | Wolfgang von Graben | Nobleman, administrator and military | ||
| 13th December | Manuel I. | King of Portugal | 52 | |
| December | Josef Horlenius | German humanist and poet |
Date unknown
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matthäus Adriani | Spanish orientalist and linguist | |||
| Jean Bourdichon | French painter and illuminator of manuscripts | |||
| Piero di Cosimo | Italian painter | |||
| George I. | Duke of Liegnitz and Brieg | |||
| Andree von Graben | Mr. von Kornberg and Graben, administrator and bailiff of the Windischgrätz office | |||
| Eucharius Holzach | Swiss politician | |||
| Wilhelm II of Limburg-Styrum | Nobleman | |||
| Pema Lingpa | Master and Tertön of the Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism | |||
| Juan Pilars | Italian bishop | |||
| Francisco Serrão | Portuguese captain, explorer | |||
| John Stewart, 2nd Earl of Atholl | Scottish nobleman | |||
| Pantlion Sydler | German piece and bell caster | |||
| Jörg Syrlin | German sculptor and guild master | |||
| Grigory Fyodorovich Chelyadin-Davydov | Russian boyar and voivode of the Grand Duchy of Moscow | |||
| Jakob Ulfsson | Catholic Archbishop of Uppsala and co-founder of Uppsala University | |||
| Xicoténcatl the Younger | military leader of the Tlaxcalteks |