Timeline (Vicuña of the East)

1526

 * January 14 – Treaty of Madrid: Peace is declared between Francis I of France and Charles V. Francis agrees to cede Burgundy to Charles, and abandons all claims to Flanders, Artois, Naples, and Milan.
 * April 21 – First battle of Panipat: Babur becomes Moghul (or Mughal) emperor, and invades northern India and captures Delhi, beginning the Mughal Empire, which lasts until 1857
 * May 22 – Francis repudiates the Treaty of Madrid and forms the League of Cognac against Charles, including the Pope, Milan, Venice, and Florence.
 * May 24 – The Transit of Venus occurs, the last one before optical filters allowed astronomers to observe them.
 * June 9 – Emperor Go-Nara ascends to the throne of Japan.
 * July 24 – Milan is captured by the Spanish.
 * August 29 – Battle of Mohács: The Turkish army of Sultan Suleiman I defeats the Hungarian army of King Louis II, who is killed in the retreat. Suleiman takes Buda, while Archduke Ferdinand of Austria and John Zapolya, Prince of Transylvania, dispute over the succession. As a result of the battle, Dubrovnik achieves independence, although it acknowledges Turkish overlordship.