1523

1523 in various calendars
Gregorian calendar	1523; MDXXIII
Ab urbe condita	2276
Armenian calendar	972; ԹՎ ՋՀԲ
Assyrian calendar	6273
Balinese saka calendar	1444–1445
Bengali calendar	930
Berber calendar	2473
English Regnal year	14 Hen. 8 – 15 Hen. 8
Buddhist calendar	2067
Burmese calendar	885
Byzantine calendar	7031–7032
Chinese calendar	壬午年 (Water Horse); 4220 or 4013; — to —; 癸未年 (Water Goat); 4221 or 4014
Coptic calendar	1239–1240
Discordian calendar	2689
Ethiopian calendar	1515–1516
Hebrew calendar	5283–5284
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	1579–1580
- Shaka Samvat	1444–1445
- Kali Yuga	4623–4624
Holocene calendar	11523
Igbo calendar	523–524
Iranian calendar	901–902
Islamic calendar	929–930
Japanese calendar	Daiei 3; (大永３年)
Javanese calendar	1440–1442
Julian calendar	1523; MDXXIII
Korean calendar	3856
Minguo calendar	389 before ROC; 民前389年
Nanakshahi calendar	55
Thai solar calendar	2065–2066
Tibetan calendar	阳水马年; (male Water-Horse); 1649 or 1268 or 496; — to —; 阴水羊年; (female Water-Goat); 1650 or 1269 or 497

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	15th century; 16th century ; 17th century;
Decades:	1500s; 1510s; 1520s ; 1530s; 1540s;
Years:	1520; 1521; 1522; 1523 ; 1524; 1525; 1526;

Year 1523 (MDXXIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

Events of 1523

June 6 – Gustav Vasa is elected king of Sweden, finally establishing its full independence from Denmark.

The Ming Dynasty Chinese navy captures two Western ships with Portuguese breech–loading culverins aboard, which the Chinese call a fo–lang–ji (Frankish culverin). According to the Ming Shi, these cannons are soon presented to the Jiajing Emperor by Wang Hong, and their design is copied in 1529.
Martin Luther translates the New Testament into German.

April 5 – Blaise de Vigenère, French diplomat and cryptographer (d. 1596)
June 5 – Margaret of France, Duchess of Berry (d. 1574)
September 22 – Charles, Cardinal de Bourbon, French church leader and pretender to the throne (d. 1590)
October 18 – Anna Jagiellon, daughter of Sigismund I of Poland (d. 1596)
December 6 – Barbara Radziwiłł, queen of Poland (d. 1551)
date unknown
- Sancho d'Avila, Spanish military leader (d. 1583)
- Gabriele Falloppio, Italian anatomist and physician (d. 1562)
- Martín Cortés, Spanish conquistador (d. 1589)
probable
- Crispin van den Broeck, Flemish painter (d. 1591)
- Richard Edwards, English poet (d. 1566)

See also Category: 1523 births.

February 4 – Thomas Ruthall, Chancellor of the University of Cambridge
May 7 – Franz von Sickingen, German knight (b. 1481)
May 23 – Ashikaga Yoshitane, Japanese shogun (b. 1466)
May 24 – Henry Marney, 1st Baron Marney, English politician (b. 1447)
August 13 – Gerard David, Flemish artist (b. c. 1455)
August 29 – Ulrich von Hutten, Lutheran reformer (b. 1488)
September 14 – Pope Adrian VI (b. 1459)
October – William Cornysh, English composer (b. 1465)
date unknown
- Wijerd Jelckama, Frisian rebel and warlord (b. 1490)
- Alessandro Alessandri, Italian jurist (b. 1461)
- Bartolomeo Montagna, Italian painter (b. 1450)
- Abi Ahmet Celebi, chief physician of the Ottoman Empire, (b. 1436)
probable
- Vicente Yáñez Pinzón, Spanish navigator (b. 1460)

See also Category: 1523 deaths.