Years: 1512 1513 1514 - 1515 - 1516 1517 1518

Decades: 1480s 1490s 1500s - 1510s - 1520s 1530s 1540s

Centuries: 15th century - 16th century - 17th century

Contents

1 Events 2 Year in topics 3 Births 4 Deaths

Events

• June - Invasion of Persia by Sultan Selim I of the Ottoman Empire.
• August 23 - Battle of Chaldiran. Selim I crushes the Persian army of Shah Ismail I.
• September 5 - Selim captures the Persian capital of Tabriz without encountering any resistance, but is unable to hold it.
• September 13 - September 14 - Battle of Marignano - The army of Francis I of France defeats the Swiss, thanks to the timely arrival of a Venetian army. Francis restores French control of Milan
• November 15 - Thomas Cardinal Wolsey invested as a Cardinal
• Sweden declared independence.
• Ottoman Empire conquers Kurdistan.

Year in topics

• 1515 in art

Births

• March 28 - Saint Teresa of Avila, Spanish Carmelite nun and poet (d. 1582)
• September 22 - Anne of Cleves, fourth queen of Henry VIII of England
• November 22 - Mary of Guise, queen of James V of Scotland and regent for her daughter Mary I of Scotland (d. 1560)
• John Sheppard, English composer
• Pierre de la Ramée, humanist scholar (d. 1572)
• Cypriano de Rore, Franco-Flemish composer
• Tomás de Santa María, Spanish composer and music theorist

Deaths

• January 1 - King Louis XII of France (b. 1463)
• December 1 - Hernandez Gonzalo de Cordoba , "El Gran Capitan", Spanish General.
• December 16 - Afonso de Albuquerque Portuguese naval general (in sea)
• Mariotto Albertinelli, Italian painter
• Nezahualpilli of Texcoco, Aztec philosopher