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Portrait of a walrus seen by Dürer in the Netherlands in 1521. Source.
The Spaniards captured the Axtec capital Tenochtitlan on this date in 1521. Source.
Today is the 500th anniversary of the Battle of Mactan, in which the forces of chief Lapu-Lapu repelled the Spanish Empire and killed Magellan. Source.
Caryatids from Cesare Cesariano's 1521 edition of Vitruvius. Source.
The Diet of Worms opened on this day in 1521. Source.