Year 1527 (MDXXVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events January–June January 1 – Croatian nobles elect Ferdinand I of Austria as King of Croatia in the Parliament on Cetin. January 5 – Felix Manz, co-founder of the Swiss Anabaptists, is drowned in the Limmat in Zürich by the Zürich Reformed state church. March 17 – Battle of Khanwa: Babur defeats Rajput ruler Rana Sanga. This and two other major Moghul victories lead to their domination of northern India. Dhaulpur fort is taken by Babur. March Paracelsus is appointed as city physician of Basel, Switzerland. The Confederation of Shan States sack Ava, the capital of the Ava Kingdom. April 30 – The Treaty of Westminster (1527), an alliance during the War of the League of Cognac, is signed. May 6 – Sack of Rome: Spanish and German troops led by the Duke of Bourbon sack Rome, forcing Pope Clement VII to make peace with Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, marking the end of the High Renaissance. The Pope grows a beard in mourning. May 16 – In Florence, the Piagnon, a group devoted to the memory of Girolamo Savonarola, drive out the Medici for a second time, re-establishing the Republic of Florence until 1530. June 17 – The Narváez expedition to conquer Florida sets sail from Spain. June 17 – The Protestant Reformation begins in Sweden. The Riksdag of the Estates in Västerås adopts Lutheranism as the state religion, in place of Roman Catholicism. This results in the confiscation of church property and dissolution of Catholic convents in accordance with the Reduction of Gustav I of Sweden. June 22 – Jakarta, current capital of Indonesia, is founded as Jayakarta. June 23 – Paracelsus burns the books of Avicenna. July–December August 3 – The first known letter is sent from North America by John Rut, while at St. John's, Newfoundland. August 20 – Sixty Anabaptists meet at the Martyrs' Synod in Augsburg. August 20 – Diet of Odense (Denmark): King Frederick I declares religious tolerance for Lutherans, permits marriage of priests and forbids seeking papal pallium (approval) for royal appointments of Church officials.Fisher, George P (1873). The Reformation. Scribner. September 27 – Battle of Tarcal: Ferdinand, future Holy Roman Emperor, defeats John Zápolya and takes over most of Hungary. John appeals to the Ottomans for help. Date unknown The Spanish