1530

• The Augsburg Confession, explaining the reasoning behind the Lutheran Reformation, is presented to Holy Roman Emperor Charles V at the Diet of Augsberg

These people were born in 1530:

• Russian Tsar Ivan the Terrible.
• Japanese warlord Shibata Katsuie, opponent of Toyotomi Hideyoshi at the Battle of Shizugatake.
• Japanese warlord Uesugi Kenshin, the "Tiger of Echigo."

These people died in 1530:

• Afghani potentate Babur, founder of the Mughal Empire.
• English statesman Cardinal Thomas Wolsey.
• Kano Masanobu, chief painter of the Ashikaga shogunate.

1529 - 1530 - 1531

16th century

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