Events from 1527

Florence expels Medici again during Sack of Rome - last Florentine Republic established

Paracelsus appointed town physician and professor of medicine at University of Basel; publicly burns works of Galen and Avicenna

Paracelsus introduces use of chemical remedies including mercury, sulfur, iron and arsenic in medicine, revolutionizing pharmacology

Sack of Rome by Imperial troops - Pope Clement VII (Medici) besieged in Castel Sant'Angelo