1515
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This article is about the year 1515.
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
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| Centuries: | 15th century – 16th century – 17th century |
| Decades: | 1480s 1490s 1500s – 1510s – 1520s 1530s 1540s |
| Years: | 1512 1513 1514 – 1515 – 1516 1517 1518 |
| 1515 by topic |
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| Gregorian calendar | 1515 MDXV |
| Ab urbe condita | 2268 |
| Armenian calendar | 964 ԹՎ ՋԿԴ |
| Assyrian calendar | 6265 |
| Bengali calendar | 922 |
| Berber calendar | 2465 |
| English Regnal year | 6 Hen. 8 – 7 Hen. 8 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2059 |
| Burmese calendar | 877 |
| Byzantine calendar | 7023–7024 |
| Chinese calendar | 甲戌年 (Wood Dog) 4211 or 4151 — to — 乙亥年 (Wood Pig) 4212 or 4152 |
| Coptic calendar | 1231–1232 |
| Discordian calendar | 2681 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1507–1508 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5275–5276 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1571–1572 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1436–1437 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4615–4616 |
| Holocene calendar | 11515 |
| Igbo calendar | 515–516 |
| Iranian calendar | 893–894 |
| Islamic calendar | 920–921 |
| Japanese calendar | Eishō 12 (永正１２年) |
| Javanese calendar | 1432–1433 |
| Julian calendar | 1515 MDXV |
| Korean calendar | 3848 |
| Minguo calendar | 397 before ROC 民前397年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | 47 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2057–2058 |
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Year 1515 (MDXV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events[edit]
January–June[edit]
- January 25 – Coronation of Francis I of France (r. until 1547).
- May 13 – Mary Tudor, Queen of France, and Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk, are officially married at Greenwich (near London).
- c. June? – Major landslide and flood near Bellinzona.
July–December[edit]
- July 2 – Manchester Grammar School is endowed by Hugh Oldham, the first free grammar school in England.
- July 22 – At the First Congress of Vienna, a double wedding takes place to cement agreements. Louis, only son of King Vladislaus II of Hungary, marries Mary of Austria, granddaughter of Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor; and Mary's brother, Archduke Ferdinand, marries Vladislaus' daughter, Anna.
- August 25 – Conquistador Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar founds Havana, Cuba.
- September 13–14 – 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 Wolsey is invested as a Cardinal.
- December 24 – Thomas Wolsey is named Lord Chancellor of England.
Date unknown[edit]
- Ottoman sultan Selim I kills Dulkadirid ruler Alaüddevle, challenging the Mameluk sultan of Egypt al-Ghawri.
- The Yadigarid Uzbeks found the Khanate of Khiva.
- Bartolomé de las Casas urges Ferdinand II of Aragon to end Amerindian slavery and recommends experimental free towns.[1][2]
- Dürer's Rhinoceros cut.
- Henry Cornelius Agrippa returns to Northern Italy.
Births[edit]
- January 1 – Johann Weyer, Dutch physician (d. 1588)
- January 4 – Mikołaj "the Black" Radziwiłł, Polish magnate (d. 1565)
- February 14 – Frederick III, Elector Palatine, ruler from the house of Wittelsbach (d. 1576)
- February 18 – Valerius Cordus, German physician, botanist and author (d. 1544)
- March 10 – Injong of Joseon, 12th king of the Joseon Dynasty of Korea (d. 1545)
- March 12 – Caspar Othmayr, German Protestant priest, theologian and composer (d. 1553)
- March 28 – Teresa of Ávila, Spanish Carmelite nun, poet and saint (d. 1582)
- May 2 – Sibylle of Saxony, Duchess of Saxe-Lauenburg (d. 1592)
- May 12
- Christoph, Duke of Württemberg (1550–1568) (d. 1568)
- Gilbert Kennedy, 3rd Earl of Cassilis, Scottish politician and judge (d. 1558)
- June 15
- Anne Herbert, Countess of Pembroke, English countess (d. 1552)
- Anne Parr, Countess of Pembroke, English countess (d. 1552)
- July 4 – Eleonora d'Este (d. 1575)
- July 10 – Francisco de Toledo, Viceroy of Peru (d. 1582)
- July 14 – Philip I, Duke of Pomerania-Wolgast (d. 1560)
- July 21 – Philip Neri, Italian Roman Catholic saint (d. 1595)
- September 8 – Alfonso Salmeron, Spanish biblical scholar and early Jesuit (d. 1585)
- September 22 – Anne of Cleves, Fourth Queen of Henry VIII of England (d. 1557)
- October 4 – Lucas Cranach the Younger, German painter (d. 1586)
- October 7
- Infante Duarte, Duke of Guimarães, 6th son of King Manuel I of Portugal (d. 1540)
- Duarte of Portugal, 4th Duke of Guimarães, Portuguese infante (prince) (d. 1540)
- October 8 – Margaret Douglas, daughter of Archibald Douglas (d. 1578)
- October 15 – Leone Strozzi, French Navy admiral (d. 1554)
- October 29
- Vincenzo Borghini, Italian monk (d. 1580)
- Mary of Bourbon, daughter of Charles (d. 1538)
- November 22 – Mary of Guise, queen of James V of Scotland and regent of Scotland (d. 1560)
- December 15 – Maria of Saxony, Duchess of Pomerania (d. 1583)
- date unknown
- Gilbert Kennedy, 3rd Earl of Cassilis, Scottish peer (d. 1558)
- Sebastian Castellio, rector of the College of Geneva (d. 1563)
- Cristóbal Acosta, Portuguese doctor and natural historian (d. 1580)
- Injong of Joseon, 12th king of the Joseon Dynasty of Korea (d. 1545)
- Pierre de la Ramée, French humanist scholar (d. 1572)
- Thomas Seckford, Master of Requests for Elizabeth I of England (d. 1587)
- Thomas Watson, Catholic bishop (d. 1584)
- probable
- Leonard Digges, English mathematician and surveyor (d. c. 1559)
- Jean Maillard, French composer
- Laurence Nowell, English antiquarian (d. 1571)
- Cipriano de Rore, Flemish composer and teacher (d. 1565)
- Nicholas Throckmorton, English churchman, last abbot of Westminster (d. 1571)
- John Willock, Scottish reformer (d. 1585)
Deaths[edit]
King Louis XII of France died on New Year's Day, January 1, 1515
- January 1 – King Louis XII of France (b. 1462)
- January 15 – Diebold Schilling the Younger, Swiss chronicler
- February 6 – Aldus Manutius, Venetian printer (b. c. 1449)
- April 15 – Mikołaj Kamieniecki, Polish nobleman (szlachcic) and first Great Hetman of the Crown (b. 1460)
- September 9 – Joseph Volotsky, prominent caesaropapist ideologist of the Russian Orthodox Church, who led the party defending monastic landownership
- October – Bartolomeo d'Alviano, Venetian general (b. 1455)
- November 5 – Mariotto Albertinelli, Italian painter (b. 1474)
- December 2 – Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba, Spanish general and statesman (b. 1453)
- December 16 – Afonso de Albuquerque, Portuguese naval general (b. 1453)
- date unknown
- Giovanni Giocondo, Italian friar, architect and classical scholar (b. c. 1433 in Verona)
- Eoghan Mac Cathmhaoil, Irish Bishop of Clogher since 1505
- Meñli I Giray, khan of the Crimean Khanate (b. 1445)
- Pietro Lombardo, Italian Renaissance sculptor and architect (b. 1435 in Carona (Ticino))
- Nezahualpilli, Aztec philosopher (b. 1464)
- Alonso de Ojeda, Spanish conquistador (b. 1466)
- probable – Vincenzo Foppa, Italian Renaissance painter (b. 1430)
References[edit]
- ^ Minster, Christopher (2015). "Fray Bartolomé de Las Casas (1484-1566) Part Two: Later Years". About.com. Retrieved 9 February 2015.
- ^ "Bartoleme de las Casas". OregonState.edu. 2015. Retrieved 9 February 2015.
