1521
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | |
| Decades: | |
| Years: |
| Gregorian calendar | 1521 MDXXI |
| Ab urbe condita | 2274 |
| Armenian calendar | 970 ԹՎ ՋՀ |
| Assyrian calendar | 6271 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 1442–1443 |
| Bengali calendar | 928 |
| Berber calendar | 2471 |
| English Regnal year | 12 Hen. 8 – 13 Hen. 8 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2065 |
| Burmese calendar | 883 |
| Byzantine calendar | 7029–7030 |
| Chinese calendar |
庚辰年 (Metal Dragon) 4217 or 4157 — to — 辛巳年 (Metal Snake) 4218 or 4158 |
| Coptic calendar | 1237–1238 |
| Discordian calendar | 2687 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1513–1514 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5281–5282 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1577–1578 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1442–1443 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4621–4622 |
| Holocene calendar | 11521 |
| Igbo calendar | 521–522 |
| Iranian calendar | 899–900 |
| Islamic calendar | 927–928 |
| Japanese calendar |
Eishō 18 / Daiei 1 (大永元年) |
| Javanese calendar | 1438–1439 |
| Julian calendar | 1521 MDXXI |
| Korean calendar | 3854 |
| Minguo calendar | 391 before ROC 民前391年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | 53 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2063–2064 |
Year 1521 (MDXXI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
March–April: Ferdinand Magellan's voyage around the world.
May 25: Martin Luther outlawed.
Hans Maler zu Schwaz, Portrait of a beardless man with the inscription:
„ALS MAN. 1521. ZALT. WAS. ICH. 33. IAR ALT“
(mutatis mutandis to English: „as we had in 1521, I was 33 years old)
Lorenzo Lotto, Christ Taking Leave of his Mother
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