1517

Years: 1514 1515 1516 – 1517 – 1518 1519 1520
Decades: 1480s 1490s 1500s – 1510s – 1520s 1530s 1540s
Centuries: 15th century – 16th century – 17th century

Events

January 22 – Battle of Ridanieh. The Turkish forces of Selim I defeat the main Mamluk army in Egypt under Touman Bey.
February 3 – Capture of Cairo by the Turks.
First contact of organized western merchants with China.
August 15 – Portuguese merchant Fernao Pires de Andrade met Chinese officials through an interpreter at Pearl River estuary and landed at Hong Kong.
October 31 – Protestant Reformation: Martin Luther posts his 95 theses on the door of the Wittenberg Castle Church.
Conquest of Riazan by Grand Prince Vasili III of Muscovy.
Selim I, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire conquers Palestine and Egypt, and declaries himself Caliph.
Major outbreak of the sweating sickness in England.

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