Charles V elected Holy Roman Emperor
1519 · Event
Fugger money buys the nineteen-year-old king of Spain the imperial crown over Francis I; one man now rules an empire on which the sun never sets.
On these timelines: The Habsburg Dynasty, Master, Spain, Germany, Renaissance
More from The Habsburg Dynasty
- Habsburg Monarchy (1526)
- Reign of Franz Joseph I (1848)
- Maria Theresa (1717)
- Rudolf I of Habsburg elected (1273)
- Fin-de-siècle Vienna (1890)
- Prince Eugene of Savoy (1663)
- Abdication of Charles V (1555)
- Battle on the Marchfeld (1278)
Around 1519
- Spanish conquest of the Incas (1532)
- Columbus reaches the Americas (1492)
- French Wars of Religion (1562)
- English Reformation (1533)
- Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire (1519)
- Spanish Reconquista last campaign (1482)
- The Reformation (1517)
- Magellan-Elcano circumnavigation (1519)
- Eighty Years' War / Dutch Revolt (1568)
- Luther's 95 Theses (1517)