1515

Year 1515 (MDXV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

Millennium: 2nd millennium
Centuries:
Decades:
Years:
1515 in various calendars
Gregorian calendar1515
MDXV
Ab urbe condita2268
Armenian calendar964
ԹՎ ՋԿԴ
Assyrian calendar6265
Balinese saka calendar1436–1437
Bengali calendar922
Berber calendar2465
English Regnal year6 Hen. 8  7 Hen. 8
Buddhist calendar2059
Burmese calendar877
Byzantine calendar7023–7024
Chinese calendar甲戌年 (Wood Dog)
4211 or 4151
     to 
乙亥年 (Wood Pig)
4212 or 4152
Coptic calendar1231–1232
Discordian calendar2681
Ethiopian calendar1507–1508
Hebrew calendar5275–5276
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat1571–1572
 - Shaka Samvat1436–1437
 - Kali Yuga4615–4616
Holocene calendar11515
Igbo calendar515–516
Iranian calendar893–894
Islamic calendar920–921
Japanese calendarEishō 12
(永正12年)
Javanese calendar1432–1433
Julian calendar1515
MDXV
Korean calendar3848
Minguo calendar397 before ROC
民前397年
Nanakshahi calendar47
Thai solar calendar2057–2058
Tibetan calendar阳木狗年
(male Wood-Dog)
1641 or 1260 or 488
     to 
阴木猪年
(female Wood-Pig)
1642 or 1261 or 489
September 13: Battle of Marignano.

Events

JanuaryJune

JulyDecember

Date unknown

Births

Sybille of Saxony
Anne Parr, Countess of Pembroke
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
    • Christoph, Duke of Württemberg (1550–1568) (d. 1568)
    • Gilbert Kennedy, 3rd Earl of Cassilis, Scottish politician and judge (d. 1558)
  • 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
    • Vincenzo Borghini, Italian monk (d. 1580)
    • Mary of Bourbon, daughter of Charles, Duke of Vendôme (d. 1538)
  • 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
    • Gilbert Kennedy, 3rd Earl of Cassilis, Scottish peer (d. 1558)
    • Sebastian Castellio, rector of the College of Geneva (d. 1563)
    • Sehzade Mustafa, First born son of Suleiman the Magnificent by Mahidevran Sultan (d. 1553)
    • Cristóbal Acosta, Portuguese doctor and natural historian (d. 1580)
    • Injong of Joseon, 12th king of the Joseon Dynasty of Korea (d. 1545)
    • Pierre de la Ramée, French humanist scholar (d. 1572)
    • Thomas Seckford, Master of Requests for Elizabeth I of England (d. 1587)
    • Thomas Watson, English Catholic bishop (d. 1584)
  • probable
    • Leonard Digges, English mathematician and surveyor (d. c. 1559)
    • Jean Maillard, French composer
    • Laurence Nowell, English antiquarian (d. 1571)
    • Cipriano de Rore, Flemish composer and teacher (d. 1565)
    • Nicholas Throckmorton, English churchman, last abbot of Westminster (d. 1571)
    • John Willock, Scottish reformer (d. 1585)

Deaths

  • 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
    • Giovanni Giocondo, Italian friar, architect and classical scholar (b. c. 1433 in Verona)
    • Eoghan Mac Cathmhaoil, Irish Bishop of Clogher since 1505
    • Meñli I Giray, khan of the Crimean Khanate (b. 1445)
    • Pietro Lombardo, Italian Renaissance sculptor and architect (b. 1435 in Carona (Ticino))
    • Nezahualpilli, Aztec philosopher (b. 1464)
    • Alonso de Ojeda, Spanish conquistador (b. 1466)
  • probable Vincenzo Foppa, Italian Renaissance painter (b. 1430)
    • Quilago, queen regnant of the Cochasquí in Ecuador (b. 1490)

References

  1. R. J. Knecht (1994). Renaissance Warrior and Patron: The Reign of Francis I. Cambridge University Press. p. 9. ISBN 978-0-521-57885-1.
  2. British Library (2009). Henry VIII: Man and Monarch. British Library. p. 84. ISBN 978-0-7123-5025-9.
  3. Minster, Christopher (2015). "Fray Bartolomé de Las Casas (1484-1566) Part Two: Later Years". About.com. Retrieved February 9, 2015.
  4. "Bartoleme de las Casas". OregonState.edu. 2015. Archived from the original on December 26, 2002. Retrieved February 9, 2015.
  5. "Anne of Cleves | Biography & Facts". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved September 21, 2020.
  6. "Marie de Guise: Biography on Undiscovered Scotland". www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk. Retrieved April 20, 2020.
  7. "Louis XII | Facts, History, & Reign | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved June 1, 2022.
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