1515
EventsJune - 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 MilanNovember 15 - Thomas Cardinal Wolsey invested as a CardinalSweden declared independence.Ottoman Empire conquers Kurdistan.
Year in topics1515 in art
BirthsMarch 28 - Saint Teresa of Avila, Spanish Carmelite nun and poet (d. 1582)September 22 - Anne of Cleves, fourth queen of Henry VIII of EnglandNovember 22 - Mary of Guise, queen of James V of Scotland and regent for her daughter Mary I of Scotland (d. 1560)John Sheppard, English composerPierre de la Ramée, humanist scholar (d. 1572)Cypriano de Rore, Franco-Flemish composerTomás de Santa María, Spanish composer and music theorist
DeathsJanuary 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 painterNezahualpilli of Texcoco, Aztec philosopher
|
|
