born 24 February 1500 in Gent
1516
King of Spain, Naples and Sicily
1519
Elected ruler of Germany and the Holy Roman Empire
Charles V called himself the "Elected Holy Roman Emperor" from 1520.
1521
Diet of Worms, siege of Belgrade by Sultan Suleiman, Spanish conquest
of Central and South America
1525
Victory over Francis I of France, Thirty Years’ War in Germany
1527
Conquest of Rome
1529
Ottoman siege of Vienna, protestation at Speyer
1530
King of Italy and Holy Roman Emperor
From 1545
Council of Trent
1546/47
Schmalkaldic War
1555
Peace of Augsburg, abdication and division of the Habsburg patrimonial
lands
Died 21 September 1558 in the Monastery of Yuste
