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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
1515 in art
Births
September 22 - Anne of Cleves, later fourth Queen consort of Henry VIII of England.
November 20 - Mary of Guise, later Queen consort of James V of Scotland and Regent for her daughter Mary I of Scotland.
John Sheppard, English composer
Cypriano de Rore, Franco-Flemish composer, famous for his madrigals
Tomás de Santa María, Spanish composer and music theorist
Deaths
January 1 - King Louis XII of France
December 1 - Hernandez Gonzalo de Cordoba, "El Gran Capitan", Spanish General.
December 16 - Afonso de Albuquerque Portuguese naval general (in sea)
Mariotto Albertinelli, Italian painter
Nezahualpilli of Texcoco, Aztec philosopher
Category:1515
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