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I can't provide an overview based only on "year" as the context, since that tells me nothing specific about what "1524" refers to. To write accurately about why 1524 matters, I would need context about whether it relates to a historical event, discovery, person, or something else entirely.
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March 21 — April 17 –: Giovanni da Verrazzano and the crew of La Dauphine reach the North American eastern coast and sail northward.
Start of the German Peasants' War.