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| Years: 1513 1514 1515 - 1516 - 1517 1518 1519 | |
| Decades: 1480s 1490s 1500s - 1510s - 1520s 1530s 1540s | |
| Centuries: 15th century - 16th century - 17th century | |
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Events
- March - With the death of Ferdinand II of Aragon, his grandson Charles of Ghent becomes King of Spain as Carlos I.
- July - Selim I of the Ottoman Empire declares war on the Mameluks and invades Syria.
- August 13 - Treaty of Noyon - Peace between France and Spain. Francis recognizes Charles's claim to Naples, and Charles recognizes Francis's claim to Milan.
- August 24 - Battle of Merj-Dabik. The Ottomans defeat the Mameluks, who abandon Syria.
- October 28 - Battle of Yaunis Khan. Turkish forces under the Grand Vizier Sinan Pasha defeat the Mameluks near Gaza.
- December 4 - Treaty of Brussels - Peace between France and the Empire.
- Pedro de Solis discovers the La Plata River.
Literature
Births
- January 1 - Margareta Leijonhufvud, Queen of Sweden (died 1551)
- February 18 - Queen Mary I of England (died 1558)
- March 26 - Conrad Gessner, Swiss naturalist (died 1565)
- Georg Fabricius, Protestant German poet (died 1571)
- John Foxe, author of Foxe's Book of Martyrs (died 1587)
- James Hamilton, 2nd Earl of Arran (died 1572)
- Martin Heilwig, Silesian cartography (died 1574)
- Matthew Stewart, 4th Earl of Lennox (died 1571)
- Charlotte de Valois, 6 (died 1524)
- Manco Inca Yupanqui, ruler of the Inca (died 1544)
- Cangali khan, khan of Qasim in 1519-32 and then Kazan in 1532-35
Deaths
- April 25 - John Yonge, English ecclesiastic and diplomatist (born 1467)
- June 23 - Ferdinand II of Aragon (born 1452)
- December 13 - Johannes Trithemius, German scholar and cryptographer (born 1462)
- Giovanni Bellini, Venetian painter (born 1430)
- August - Hieronymus Bosch, Dutch painter (born 1450)
- Juan Díaz de Solís, Spanish navigator and explorer (born 1470)
- John III of Navarre (born 1469)
- Giuliano di Lorenzo de' Medici, Duke of Nemours (born 1478)
- Giuliano da Sangallo, Florentine sculptor and architect (born 1443)