1514
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| Years: 1511 1512 1513 - 1514 - 1515 1516 1517 | |
| Decades: 1480s 1490s 1500s - 1510s - 1520s 1530s 1540s | |
| Centuries: 15th century - 16th century - 17th century | |
Events
- March - Louis XII of France makes peace with Emperor Maximilian.
- July - Peace between England and France.
- September 8 - Battle of Orsha - In one of the biggest battles of the century, Belarussians and Poles defeat the Russian army.
- September 15 - Thomas Wolsey is appointed Archbishop of York.
- October 9 - marriage of Louis XII of France and Mary Tudor
- Albrecht Dürer makes his famous engraving Melancholia I.
Births
- January 1 - Henry, Duke of Cornwall, third son of Henry VIII of England
- March 8 - Amago Haruhisa, Japanese samurai and warlord (died 1562)
- June 16 - John Cheke, English classical scholar and statesman (died 1557)
- December 31 - Vesalius, Flemish anatomist (died 1564)
- Hosokawa Harumoto, Japanese military leader (died 1563)
- George Gordon, 4th Earl of Huntly, Scottish nobleman (died 1562)
- Georg Joachim Rheticus, cartographer and scientific instrument maker (died 1574)
- Shimazu Takahisa, Japanese samurai and warlord (died 1571)
Deaths
- January 2 - William Smyth, English bishop and statesman (born 1460)
- January 9 - Anne of Brittany, queen of Charles VIII of France (born 1477)
- February 11 - Henry, Duke of Cornwall, third son of Henry VIII of England
- March 11 - Donato Bramante, Italian architect (born 1444)
- October 25 - William Elphinstone, Scottish bishop and statesman (born 1431)
