Explore 113 historical events from 1510–1519.
Francisco Álvarez de Toledo, also known as The Viceroyal Solon, was an aristocrat and soldier of the Kingdom of Spain and the fifth Viceroy of Peru. Often regarded as the "best of …
Francisco de Toledo, Viceroy of Peru (died 1582)
Philip I of Pomerania was Duke of Pomerania-Wolgast.
Philip I, Duke of Pomerania (died 1560)
Thomas Wolsey was an English statesman and Catholic cardinal. When Henry VIII became King of England in 1509, Wolsey became the king's almoner. Wolsey's affairs prospered and by 15…
Thomas Wolsey is invested as a Cardinal.
Alfonso (Alphonsus) Salmerón, SJ was a Spanish biblical scholar, a Catholic priest, and one of the first Jesuits.
Alfonso Salmeron, Spanish priest and scholar (died 1585)
Anne of Cleves was Queen of England as the fourth wife of Henry VIII from 6 January to 12 July 1540.
Anne of Cleves, Queen consort of England (died 1557)
Lucas Cranach the Younger was a German Renaissance painter and portraitist, the son of Lucas Cranach the Elder and brother of Hans Cranach. He maintained the family's artistic work…
Lucas Cranach the Younger, German painter (died 1586)
Margaret Douglas, Countess of Lennox, born Lady Margaret Douglas, was the daughter of the Scottish queen dowager Margaret Tudor and her second husband Archibald Douglas, 6th Earl o…
Margaret Douglas, daughter of Archibald Douglas (died 1578)
Dürer's Rhinoceros is the name commonly given to a woodcut executed by German artist Albrecht Dürer in 1515. Dürer never saw the actual rhinoceros, which was the first living examp…
Ulysses, who would be famously depicted in a posthumous woodcut, landed in Lisbon, becoming the first of his species to
Henry Grace à Dieu, also known as Great Harry, was an English carrack or "great ship" of the King's Fleet in the 16th century, and in her day the largest warship in the world. Cont…
Henry Grace à Dieu, at over 1,000 tons the largest warship in the world at this time, built at the new Woolwich Dockyard
García Álvarez de Toledo y Osorio, was a Spanish admiral and shipbuilder. He was 4th Marquess of Villafranca del Bierzo and 1st Duke of Fernandina, and served under the reigns of E…
García Álvarez de Toledo, 4th Marquis of Villafranca, Spanish noble and admiral (died 1577)
Philipp IV of Hanau-Lichtenberg was from 1538 to 1590 the reigning Count of Hanau-Lichtenberg. Before his accession he had already conducted government business on behalf of his fa…
Philipp IV, Count of Hanau-Lichtenberg (died 1590)
The Battle of Chaldiran took place on 23 August 1514 and ended with a decisive victory for the Ottoman Empire over the Safavid Empire. As a result, the Ottomans annexed Eastern Ana…
The Battle of Chaldiran ends with a decisive victory for the Sultan Selim I, Ottoman Empire, over the Shah Ismail I,…
The Battle of Orsha, was fought on 8 September 1514, between the allied forces of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and the Crown of the Kingdom of Poland, under the command of Lithuani…
Battle of Orsha: In one of the biggest battles of the century, Lithuanians and Poles defeat the Russian army.
Sir John Cheke was an English classical scholar and statesman. One of the foremost teachers of his age, and the first Regius Professor of Greek at the University of Cambridge, he p…
John Cheke, English academic and politician, English Secretary of State (died 1557)
György Dózsa was a Székely man-at-arms from Transylvania, Kingdom of Hungary, who led a peasants' revolt against the kingdom's landed nobility during the reign of King Vladislaus I…
György Dózsa, Transylvanian peasant revolt leader (born 1470)
William Elphinstone was a Scottish statesman, Bishop of Aberdeen and founder of the University of Aberdeen.
William Elphinstone, Scottish bishop and academic, founded University of Aberdeen (born 1431)
Henry Grace à Dieu, also known as Great Harry, was an English carrack or "great ship" of the King's Fleet in the 16th century, and in her day the largest warship in the world. Cont…
Henry Grace à Dieu, the largest warship ever built at the time, was launched from Woolwich Dockyard, England
Edmund de la Pole, 3rd Duke of Suffolk, 6th Earl of Suffolk, KG, Duke of Suffolk, was an English nobleman and soldier. The son of John de la Pole, 2nd Duke of Suffolk and his wife …
Edmund de la Pole, Yorkist pretender to the English throne, is executed on the orders of Henry VIII
The War of the League of Cambrai, also known by its second stage as the War of the Holy League, was fought from December 1508 to December 1516, as part of the wider Italian Wars of…
War of the League of Cambrai: In the Battle of Novara, Swiss troops defeat the French under Louis II de la Trémoille, fo
The Battle of the Spurs or (Second) Battle of Guinegate took place on 16 August 1513. It formed a part of the War of the League of Cambrai of 1508 to 1516, during the Italian Wars.…
Battle of the Spurs (Battle of Guinegate): King Henry VIII of England and his Imperial allies defeat French Forces who…
Vasco Núñez de Balboa was a Spanish explorer, governor, conquistador, adelantado, and a pirate. He is best known for being the first European to discover the Pacific Ocean while cr…
Spanish explorer Vasco Núñez de Balboa reaches what would become known as the Pacific Ocean.
Louis, Duc de Montpensier was the second Duke of Montpensier, a French Prince of the Blood, military commander and governor. He began his military career during the Italian Wars, a…
Louis, Duke of Montpensier (1561–1582) (died 1582)
Jacques Amyot, French Renaissance bishop, scholar, writer and translator, was born of poor parents, at Melun.
Jacques Amyot, French bishop and translator (died 1593)
Şehzade Ahmed was a Şehzade (prince) of the Ottoman Empire, the eldest surviving son of Sultan Bayezid II. He fought against his younger brother, Selim, in the Ottoman Civil War of…
Şehzade Ahmet, Ottoman prince (born 1465)