List of 1525 Major News Events in History, Most Important Historical Events in 1525
Date | Event |
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January 21, 1525 | The Swiss Anabaptist Movement is founded when Conrad Grebel, Felix Manz, George Blaurock, and about a dozen others baptize each other in the home of Manz's mother in Zürich, breaking a thousand-year tradition of church-state union. |
February 24, 1525 | A Spanish-Austrian army defeats a French army at the Battle of Pavia. |
February 28, 1525 | Aztec king Cuauhtémoc is executed on the order of conquistador Hernán Cortés. |
May 15, 1525 | Insurgent peasants led by Anabaptist pastor Thomas Müntzer were defeated at the Battle of Frankenhausen, ending the German Peasants' War in the Holy Roman Empire. |
June 13, 1525 | Martin Luther marries Katharina von Bora, against the celibacy rule decreed by the Roman Catholic Church for priests and nuns. |