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What Happened in April 1524

Historical Events

  • Apr 17 Florentine navigator Giovanni Verrazano on a voyage for France is the first European to discover New York harbour

Pope Fires Hulst

Apr 19 Pope Clement VII fires Dutch Inquisitor-General Frans Van der Hulst

French Driven Out of Milan

Apr 24 Charles III, Duke of Bourbon, on behalf of the Holy Roman Empire, drives the French led by Admiral Bonnivet out of Milan


Famous Deaths

  • Apr 7 Philip of Burgundy, bishop of Utrecht, dies
  • Apr 30 Pierre Terrail, seigneur de Bayard, French soldier (b. 1473)