1510s
Centuries:
15th century - 16th century - 17th century Decades:
1480s 1490s 1500s - 1510s - 1520s 1530s 1540sYears:
1510 1511 1512 1513 1514 1515 1516 1517 1518 1519
Events and Trends
- Peter Henlein builds the first pocketwatch
- Battle of Orsha; Belarussians and Poles defeat the Russian army
- Martin Luther posts his 95 Theses on the door of the Wittenberg Castle Church
- Selim I, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire conquers Palestine and Egypt, and declares himself Caliph
- Hernán Cortés lands in Mexico.
- Ferdinand Magellan leaves Europe to circumnavigate the world.