1518
| Years: 1515 1516 1517 - 1518 - 1519 1520 1521 | |
| Decades: 1480s 1490s 1500s - 1510s - 1520s 1530s 1540s | |
| Centuries: 15th century - 16th century - 17th century | |
Events
- A plague of tropical fire ants devastates crops on Hispaniola.
Births
- April 22 - Antoine de Bourbon, father of Henry IV of France (died 1610)
- James Halyburton, Scottish reformer (died 1589)
- Hubert Languet, French diplomat and reformer (died 1581)
- Edmund Plowden, English legal scholar (died 1585)
- Tintoretto, Italian painter (died 1594)
Deaths
- August 16 - Loyset Compère, French composer (born 1445)
- November 20 - Pierre de La Rue, Franco-Flemish composer (born 1460)
- Moxammat Amin, khan of Kazan
- Kabir, Indian mystic (born 1440)
- Jean Sauvage, advisor to Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor