1515
Calendar year
September 13 : Battle of Marignano .
Year 1515 (MDXV ) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar .
Events
January–June
July–December
July 2 – Manchester Grammar School is endowed by Hugh Oldham , the first free grammar school in England .
July 22 – At the First Congress of Vienna , a double wedding takes place to cement agreements. Louis , only son of King Vladislaus II of Hungary , marries Mary of Austria , granddaughter of Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor ; and Mary's brother, Archduke Ferdinand , marries Vladislaus' daughter, Anna .
August 25 – Conquistador Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar founds Havana , Cuba .
September 13 –14 – Battle of Marignano : The army of Francis I of France defeats the Swiss mercenaries , thanks to the timely arrival of a Venetian army. Francis restores French control of Milan .
November 15 – Thomas Wolsey is invested as a Cardinal .
December 24 – Thomas Wolsey is named Lord Chancellor of England.
Date unknown
Births
Sybille of Saxony
Anne Parr, Countess of Pembroke
Anne of Cleves
Mary of Bourbon
Mary of Guise
January 1 – Johann Weyer , Dutch physician (d. 1588 )
February 4 – Mikołaj "the Black" Radziwiłł , Polish magnate (d. 1565 )
February 14 – Frederick III, Elector Palatine , ruler from the house of Wittelsbach (d. 1576 )
February 18 – Valerius Cordus , German physician, botanist and author (d. 1544 )
March 10 – Injong of Joseon , 12th king of the Joseon Dynasty of Korea (d. 1545 )
March 12 – Caspar Othmayr , German Protestant priest, theologian and composer (d. 1553 )
March 28 – Teresa of Ávila , Spanish Carmelite nun, poet and saint (d. 1582 )
May 2 – Sibylle of Saxony , Duchess of Saxe-Lauenburg (d. 1592 )
May 12
June 15 – Anne Parr, Countess of Pembroke , English countess (d. 1552 )
July 4 – Eleonora d'Este , Ferranese noblewoman (d. 1575 )
July 10 – Francisco de Toledo , Viceroy of Peru (d. 1582 )
July 14 – Philip I, Duke of Pomerania -Wolgast (d. 1560 )
July 21 – Philip Neri , Italian Roman Catholic saint (d. 1595 )
September 8 – Alfonso Salmeron , Spanish biblical scholar and early Jesuit (d. 1585 )
September 22 – Anne of Cleves , Fourth Queen of Henry VIII of England (d. 1557 )[ 5]
October 4 – Lucas Cranach the Younger , German painter (d. 1586 )
October 7 – Infante Duarte, Duke of Guimarães , son of King Manuel I of Portugal (d. 1540 )
October 8 – Margaret Douglas , daughter of Archibald Douglas (d. 1578 )
October 15 – Leone Strozzi , French Navy admiral (d. 1554 )
October 29
November 22 – Mary of Guise , queen of James V of Scotland and regent of Scotland (d. 1560 )[ 6]
December 15 – Maria of Saxony, Duchess of Pomerania (d. 1583 )
date unknown
probable
Deaths
King Louis XII of France
Afonso de Albuquerque
January 1 – King Louis XII of France (b. 1462 )[ 7]
February 6 – Aldus Manutius , Venetian printer (b. c. 1449 )
March 16 – Queen Janggyeong , Korean royal consort (b. 1491 )
April 15 – Mikołaj Kamieniecki , Polish nobleman (szlachcic) and first Great Hetman of the Crown (b. 1460 )
June 13 – Alaüddevle Bozkurt , Bey of Anatolian Dulkadir
September 4 – Barbara of Brandenburg , Bohemian queen (b. 1464 )
September 9 – Joseph Volotsky , caesaropapist ideologist of the Russian Orthodox Church
October – Bartolomeo d'Alviano , Venetian general (b. 1455 )
November 5 – Mariotto Albertinelli , Italian painter (b. 1474 )
December 2 – Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba , Spanish general and statesman (b. 1453 )
December 16 – Afonso de Albuquerque , Portuguese naval general (b. 1453 )
December 18 – Alexander Stewart, Duke of Ross , Scottish prince (b. 1514 )
date unknown
probable
References
^ R. J. Knecht (1994). Renaissance Warrior and Patron: The Reign of Francis I . Cambridge University Press. p. 9. ISBN 978-0-521-57885-1 .
^ British Library (2009). Henry VIII: Man and Monarch . British Library. p. 84. ISBN 978-0-7123-5025-9 .
^ Minster, Christopher (2015). "Fray Bartolomé de Las Casas (1484-1566) Part Two: Later Years" . About.com . Archived from the original on February 9, 2015. Retrieved February 9, 2015 .
^ "Bartoleme de las Casas" . OregonState.edu . 2015. Archived from the original on December 26, 2002. Retrieved February 9, 2015 .
^ "Anne of Cleves | Biography & Facts" . Encyclopedia Britannica . Retrieved September 21, 2020 .
^ "Marie de Guise: Biography on Undiscovered Scotland" . www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk . Retrieved April 20, 2020 .
^ "Louis XII | Facts, History, & Reign | Britannica" . www.britannica.com . Retrieved June 1, 2022 .