1524

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	15th century–16th century–17th century
Decades:	1490s1500s1510s–1520s–1530s1540s1550s
Years:	152115221523–1524–152515261527

1524 in othercalendars

Gregorian calendar	1524 MDXXIV
Ab urbe condita	2277
Armenian calendar	973 ԹՎ ՋՀԳ
Assyrian calendar	6274
Balinese saka calendar	1445–1446
Bengali calendar	931
Berber calendar	2474
English Regnal year	15Hen. 8– 16Hen. 8
Buddhist calendar	2068
Burmese calendar	886
Byzantine calendar	7032–7033
Chinese calendar	Quý vịNiên(WaterGoat) 4220 or 4160 — to — Giáp thân niên(WoodMonkey) 4221 or 4161
Coptic calendar	1240–1241
Discordian calendar	2690
Ethiopian calendar	1516–1517
Hebrew calendar	5284–5285
Hindu calendars
-Vikram Samvat	1580–1581
-Shaka Samvat	1445–1446
-Kali Yuga	4624–4625
Holocene calendar	11524
Igbo calendar	524–525
Iranian calendar	902–903
Islamic calendar	930–931
Japanese calendar	Daiei4 ( đại vĩnh ４ niên )
Javanese calendar	1442–1443
Julian calendar	1524 MDXXIV
Korean calendar	3857
Minguo calendar	388 beforeROC Dân tiền 388 niên
Nanakshahi calendar	56
Thai solar calendar	2066–2067
Tibetan calendar	Âm thủy dương niên (female Water-Goat) 1650 or 1269 or 497 — to — Dương mộc hầu niên (male Wood-Monkey) 1651 or 1270 or 498

1524(MDXXIV) was aleap year starting on Fridayof theJulian calendar,the 1524th year of theCommon Era(CE) andAnno Domini(AD) designations, the 524th year of the2nd millennium,the 24th year of the16th century,and the 5th year of the1520sdecade. 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

January–June

• January –Giovanni da Verrazzano,on boardLa Dauphinein the service ofFrancis I of France,sets out fromMadeirafor theNew World.
• March 1(approximate date)–da Verrazzano's expedition makes landfall atCape Fear.
• April 17–da Verrazzano's expedition makes the first European entry intoNew York Bayand sights the island ofManhattan.

July–December

• Summer –ParacelsusvisitsSalzburg.He also visitsVillachduring the year.
• July 8–da Verrazzano's expedition returns toDieppe.
• August–September –Marseilleis besieged by Imperial forces under theDuke of Bourbon.
• October 28– A French army invading Italy under KingFrancisbesiegesPavia.

Births

• Luís de Camões,Portuguese poet (d.1580)
• Catherine Howard,Fifth Queen ofHenry VIII of England,(born in between1518and 1524; d.1542)

Deaths

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