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What Happened in 1523 — Events, Births & Deaths
1523 brings together 3 events, 0 birthdays and 0 deaths recorded across history.
January 1
- January 20
Christian II is forced to abdicate as King of Denmark and Norway.
June 2
- June 6
Swedish regent Gustav Vasa is elected King of Sweden and, marking a symbolic end to the Kalmar Union, 6 June is designated the country's national day.
- June 9
The Parisian Faculty of Theology fines Simon de Colines for publishing the Biblical commentary Commentarii initiatorii in quatuor Evangelia by Jacques Lefèvre d'Étaples.