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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
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