Timeline January 1519

Events in January 1519 3

• 1459 – 1519 Maximilian I (1459-1519) Died 12 January 1519, aged 59 Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor since 1508, died at Wels in Austria. His reign expanded Habsburg power across Europe through strategic marriages, and his death triggered the imperial election that brought his grandson Charles V to the throne. He is remembered as one of the chief architects of the Habsburg dynasty's rise.
• 1475 – 1519 Vasco Nunez de Balboa (1475-1519) Executed 21 January 1519, aged 43 Vasco Nunez de Balboa, the Spanish explorer who in 1513 became the first European to sight the Pacific Ocean from the Americas, was beheaded at Acla in Panama. He was convicted of treason and usurpation of authority by his rival and father-in-law, governor Pedrarias Davila. His execution removed Spain's most capable explorer in the isthmus just as plans for Pacific expeditions were taking shape.
• 1519 Huldrych Zwingli takes up his post in Zurich A reformist priest begins preaching that will reshape Swiss Christianity On 1 January 1519 Huldrych Zwingli became the people's priest at the Grossmunster church in Zurich, where he began preaching directly from scripture rather than church tradition. His sermons laid the groundwork for the Swiss Reformation, independent in character from Luther's movement in Germany. Zurich would become the first city to formally adopt Protestant reforms under his guidance.