1515 - Definition and Overview

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

• September 22 - Anne of Cleves, later fourth Queen consort of Henry VIII of England.
• November 20 - Mary of Guise, later Queen consort of James V of Scotland and Regent for her daughter Mary I of Scotland.
• John Sheppard, English composer
• Cypriano de Rore, Franco-Flemish composer, famous for his madrigals
• Tomás de Santa María, Spanish composer and music theorist

Deaths

• January 1 - King Louis XII of France
• 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