Timeline November 1526

Events in November 1526 3

• 1465 – 1526 Scipione del Ferro (1465-1526) Died 5 November 1526, aged 61 An Italian mathematician at the University of Bologna, del Ferro found the first known algebraic solution to a class of cubic equations, a breakthrough he kept largely secret during his lifetime. His method later became central to the public priority dispute between Niccolo Fontana Tartaglia and Gerolamo Cardano.
• 1498 – 1526 Giovanni dalle Bande Nere (1498-1526) Died 30 November 1526, aged 28 A celebrated condottiero of the Medici family, Giovanni de' Medici led mercenary forces for the League of Cognac against the Imperial army and was fatally wounded by cannon fire near Governolo. He was the father of Cosimo I de' Medici, future Grand Duke of Tuscany.
• 1526 Hungarian nobles elect John Zapolya king Rival election splits the Hungarian throne after Mohács With King Louis II dead and no direct heir, a faction of the Hungarian diet elected the voivode of Transylvania, John Zapolya, as king at Szekesfehervar on 10 November 1526. Ferdinand of Habsburg was separately elected king by rival nobles weeks later, beginning a civil war over the Hungarian crown.