1515
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| Years: 1512 1513 1514 - 1515 - 1516 1517 1518 | |
| Decades: 1480s 1490s 1500s - 1510s - 1520s 1530s 1540s | |
| Centuries: 15th century - 16th century - 17th century | |
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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.
- The Manchester Grammar School founded
Year in topics
Births
- March 28 - Saint Teresa of Avila, Spanish Carmelite nun and poet (died 1582)
- July 21 - Philip Neri, Italian churchman (died 1595)
- September 8 - Alfonso Salmeron, Spanish Jesuit biblical scholar (died 1585)
- September 22 - Anne of Cleves, fourth queen of Henry VIII of England (died 1557)
- October 4 - Lucas Cranach the Younger, German painter (died 1586)
- October 8 - Margaret Douglas, Countess of Lennox (died 1578)
- November 22 - Mary of Guise, queen of James V of Scotland and regent of Scotland (died 1560)
- Cristobal Acosta, Portuguese doctor and natural historian (died 1580)
- Sebastian Castello, rector of the College of Geneva (died 1563)
- Valerius Cordus, German physician (died 1544)
- Sebastian Franck, German freethinker (died 1543)
- Pierre de la Ramée, French humanist scholar (died 1572)
- Mikolaj Czarny Radziwill, Polish magnate (died 1565)
- Cypriano de Rore, Flemish composer and teacher (died 1565)
- Thomas Seckford, Master of Requests for Elizabeth I of England (died 1587)
- John Sheppard, English composer and organist (died 1560)
- Francisco de Toledo, third Count of Oropesa (died 1584)
- Johann Weyer, German physician (died 1588)
Deaths
- January 1 - King Louis XII of France (born 1462)
- January 15 - Diebold Schilling the Younger, Swiss chronicler
- February 6 - Aldus Manutius, Venetian printer
- November 5 - Mariotto Albertinelli, Italian painter (born 1474)
- December 2 - Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba, Spanish general and statesman (b. 1453)
- December 16 - Afonso de Albuquerque, Portuguese naval general (born 1453)
- Antoine Brumel, Flemish composer (born 1460)
- Nezahualpilli, Aztec philosopher (born 1464)
- Alonso de Ojeda, Spanish conquistador (born 1466)
