Year 1530 (MDXXX) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar, the 1530th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 530th year of the 2nd millennium, the 30th year of the 16th century, and the 1st year of the 1530s decade. Events January–June February 14 – Tangaxuan II, last cazonci of the Tarascan State, is executed by conquistador Nuño de Guzmán, ending the Tarascan State's independence from Spain. February 24 – Charles V is crowned emperor in Bologna, by Pope Clement VII. June 25 – The Augsburg Confession is presented to Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor. July–December August 3 – Battle of Gavinana: Florence is captured by Spanish troops under Prince Philibert of Chalon (who is killed in the action). The Piagnon (followers of the memory of Girolamo Savonarola) are overthrown, ending the Siege of Florence, and the Medici are restored, in the person of the Pope's nephew Alessandro de' Medici. September 15 – The miraculous portrait of Saint Dominic in Soriano appears in Soriano Calabro, Calabria. October 8 – A flood engulfs Rome. October 26 – The Knights of Malta are formed, when the Knights Hospitaller are given Malta by Charles V. They transfer the island capital from Mdina to Birgu. November 5 – St. Felix's flood devastates Zeeland: a large part of the Verdronken Land van Reimerswaal is lost leading to decline of the city of Reimerswaal. November 24 – Tabinshwehti succeeds his father Mingyi Nyo as king of the Toungoo dynasty, following the latter's death. December – Martim Afonso de Sousa's expedition sets out for the Americas from Portugal. Date unknown The ducal palace of Celle is constructed in Germany. Austrian forces capture Esztergom, Hungary, and raid as far as Buda. Humayun starts to rule the Mughal Empire. Erasmus publishes A handbook on manners for children (De Civilitate Morum Puerilium Libellus), which becomes popular and widely translated. First complete edition of the 'Zürich Bible', Huldrych Zwingli's translation into German printed by Christoph Froschauer, is published. Births January 1 – Thomas Bromley, English lord chancellor (d. 1587) January 5 – Gaspar de Bono, Spanish monk of the Order of the Minims (d. 1571) January 31 – Ōtomo Sōrin, Japanese Christian Daimyō (d. 1587) February 17 – Louis III, Count of Löwenstein (d. 1611) February 18 – Uesugi Kenshin, Japanese samurai and warlord (d. 1578)