     __notoc__ year 1524 (mdxxiv) was a leap year starting on friday (link will display the full calendar) of the julian calendar. == events == === january&ndash;june === * january 17 &ndash; florentine explorer giovanni da verrazzano, on board la dauphine in the service of francis i of france, sets out from madeira for the new world to seek out a westabout sea route to the pacific ocean. * march &ndash; spanish conquistador pedro de alvarado destroys the k'iche' kingdom of q'umarkaj, taking the capital, quichÃ©. * march 1 (approximate date) &ndash; da verrazzano's expedition makes landfall at cape fear. * april 17 &ndash; verrazzano's expedition makes the first european entry into new york bay and sights the island of manhattan. * april 30 &ndash; battle of the sesia: spanish forces under charles de lannoy defeat the french army in italy under william de bonnivet. the french, now commanded by franÃ§ois de st. pol, withdraw from italy. * june 8 &ndash; spanish conquistador pedro de alvarado leads the battle of acajutla, defeating a battalion of pipiles, in the neighborhoods of present day acajutla, el salvador === july&ndash;december === * summer &ndash; paracelsus visits salzburg. he also visits villach during the year. * july 8 &ndash; verrazzano's expedition returns to dieppe. * august&ndash;september &ndash; marseille is besieged by imperial forces under the duke of bourbon. * october 28 &ndash; a french army invading italy under king francis besieges pavia. * december 8 &ndash; francisco hernandez de cordoba founds the city of granada, nicaragua, the oldest hispanic city in the mainland of the western hemisphere. == births == * february 10 &ndash; albrecht giese, german politician and diplomat (d. 1580) * february 17 &ndash; charles of guise, french card
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