1515
| Years: 1512 1513 1514 – 1515 – 1516 1517 1518 | |
| Decades: 1480s 1490s 1500s – 1510s – 1520s 1530s 1540s | |
| Centuries: 15th century – 16th century – 17th century | |
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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
Births
- March 28 – Saint Teresa of Avila, Spanish Carmelite nun and poet (d. 1582)
- September 22 – Anne of Cleves, fourth queen of Henry VIII of England (d. 1557)
- November 22 – Mary of Guise, queen of James V of Scotland and regent for her daughter Mary I of Scotland (d. 1560)
- Pierre de la Ramée, French humanist scholar (d. 1572)
Deaths
- January 1 – King Louis XII of France (b. 1463)
- November 5 – Mariotto Albertinelli, Italian painter (b. 1474)
- December 1 – Hernandez Gonzalo de Cordoba, Spanish general
- December 16 – Afonso de Albuquerque Portuguese naval general (at sea) (b. 1453)
- Nezahualpilli of Texcoco, Aztec philosopher (b. 1464)
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