Cologne is interrupted by anti-Lutheran forces (finished copies reach England in 1526). Printing of Huldrych Zwingli's New Testament 'Zürich Bible' translation into German by Christoph Froschauer begins. The Navarre witch trials (1525-26) begin. The Chinese Ministry of War under the Ming dynasty orders ships having more than one mast sailing along the southeast coast to be seized, investigated, and destroyed; this in an effort to curb piracy and limit private commercial trade abroad. Kasur established as a city by the Kheshgi tribe of Pashtuns from Kabul who migrate to the region in 1525 from Afghanistan. The Age of Samael ends, and the Age of Gabriel begins, according to Johannes Trithemius. Births January 29 – Lelio Sozzini, Italian Renaissance humanist and anti-Trinitarian reformer (d. 1562) February 5 – Juraj Drašković, Croatian Catholic cardinal (d. 1587) March 19 – Caspar Cruciger the Younger, German theologian (d. 1597) March 25 – Richard Edwardes, English choral musician, playwright and poet (d. 1566) March 26 – Katharina of Hanau, Countess of Wied, German noblewoman (d. 1581) June 1 – Caspar Peucer, German reformer (d. 1602) June 29 – Peter Agricola, German Renaissance humanist, educator, classical scholar, theologian, diplomat and statesman (d. 1585) September 1 – Christoffer Valkendorff, Danish politician (d. 1601) September 11 – John George, Elector of Brandenburg (d. 1598) September 25 – Steven Borough, English explorer (d. 1584) November 7 – Georg Cracow, German lawyer and politician (d. 1575) December 1 – Tadeáš Hájek, Czech astronomer (d. 1600) December 23 – John Albert I, Duke of Mecklenburg (d. 1576) date unknown Maharal of Prague, Talmudic scholar, Jewish mystic and philosopher (d. 1609) Melchor Cano, Spanish theologian (d. 1560) Edward Sutton, 4th Baron Dudley (d. 1586) probable Pieter Bruegel the Elder, Flemish painter (d. 1569) Baldassare Donato, Italian composer and singer (d. 1603) Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, Italian composer (d. 1594) Hans Staden, German soldier and sailor (d. 1579) Deaths January 24 – Franciabigio, Florentine painter (b. 1482) February 24 (in action at the Battle of Pavia) Guillaume Gouffier, seigneur de Bonnivet, French soldier (b. c. 1488) Jacques de La Palice, French nobleman and military officer (b. 1470) Richard de la Pole, last Yorkist claimant to the English throne (b. 1480) Louis II de la Trémoille, French military leader (b. 1460) Bartolomeo Fanfulla, Italian mercenary (b. 1477) René de Brosse, French noble February 28 – Cuauhtémoc, last Tlatoani of the Aztec Empire (b. c.