In September 1522 the ship Victoria came home to Spain with 18 men, the last of five ships that had sailed under Ferdinand Magellan three years before. Magellan had been killed in the Philippines; Juan Sebastián Elcano brought the ship home.
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In the Bible · c. AD 95 (by tradition) · Patmos, in the Aegean Sea
John on Patmos
On the small island of Patmos, off the coast of Asia Minor, John sees the visions written in the book of Revelation.
Luke 2:1–14
Now in those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that a census should be taken of the whole empire. This was the first census to take place while Quirinius was governor of Syria. And everyone went to his own town to register. So Joseph also went up from Nazareth in Galilee to Judea, to the city of David called Bethlehem, since he was from the house and line of David. He went there to register with Mary, who was pledged to him in marriage and was expecting a child. While they were there, the time came for her Child to be born. And she gave birth to her firstborn, a Son. She wrapped Him in swaddling cloths and laid Him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn. And there were shepherds residing in the fields nearby, keeping watch over their flocks by night. Just then an angel of the Lord stood before them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified. But the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid! For behold, I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people: Today in the city of David a Savior has been born to you. He is Christ the Lord! And this will be a sign to you: You will find a baby wrapped in swaddling cloths and lying in a manger.” And suddenly there appeared with the angel a great multitude of the heavenly host, praising God and saying: “Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace to men on whom His favor rests!”At the same time in the world
German Bibles had been printed since 1466, but they were translated from the Latin. Luther translated from the original languages into the everyday German of his time, and printing carried his work across the German lands in many editions. It was also the age of the first voyage around the world. Here is the world of the 1520s and 1530s.
ElsewhereAround the worldAD 1519–1522
The AmericasThe fall of TenochtitlanAD 1521
Spanish soldiers under Hernán Cortés and their many Indigenous allies took Tenochtitlan, the Aztec capital built on islands in a lake, after a long siege. Mexico City stands on its site.
IndiaThe first MughalAD 1526
Babur, a prince from Central Asia descended from Timur, defeated the sultan of Delhi at Panipat with cannon and cavalry and founded the Mughal Empire, which ruled much of India for some two centuries.
Mesopotamia and the Near EastSuleiman the Magnificentreigned AD 1520–1566
Suleiman I became Ottoman sultan in 1520. His empire reached from Hungary to Egypt and Iraq; in 1529 his army besieged Vienna but turned back. In Turkey he is remembered as “the Lawgiver”.
ElsewhereThe Sun at the centerc. AD 1514–1543
In Frombork on the Baltic coast, the astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus worked out a system with the Sun, not the Earth, at the center. He published it only in 1543, the year of his death.
ChinaThe Great Wall in brick16th century AD
The Ming dynasty rebuilt long stretches of the Great Wall north of Beijing in brick and stone, with watchtowers every few hundred meters — the wall most visitors see today.
