1515

Years:
1512 1513 1514 - 1515 - 1516 1517 1518
Decades:
1480s 1490s 1500s - 1510s - 1520s 1530s 1540s
Centuries:
15th century - 16th century - 17th century

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.
The Manchester Grammar School founded

March 28 - Saint Teresa of Avila, Spanish Carmelite nun and poet (died 1582)
July 21 - Philip Neri, Italian churchman (died 1595)
September 8 - Alfonso Salmeron, Spanish Jesuit biblical scholar (died 1585)
September 22 - Anne of Cleves, fourth queen of Henry VIII of England (died 1557)
October 4 - Lucas Cranach the Younger, German painter (died 1586)
October 8 - Margaret Douglas, Countess of Lennox (died 1578)
November 22 - Mary of Guise, queen of James V of Scotland and regent of Scotland (died 1560)
Cristobal Acosta, Portuguese doctor and natural historian (died 1580)
Sebastian Castello, rector of the College of Geneva (died 1563)
Valerius Cordus, German physician (died 1544)
Sebastian Franck, German freethinker (died 1543)
Pierre de la Ramée, French humanist scholar (died 1572)
Mikolaj Czarny Radziwill, Polish magnate (died 1565)
Cypriano de Rore, Flemish composer and teacher (died 1565)
Thomas Seckford, Master of Requests for Elizabeth I of England (died 1587)
John Sheppard, English composer and organist (died 1560)
Francisco de Toledo, third Count of Oropesa (died 1584)
Johann Weyer, German physician (died 1588)