1515

1515 (MDXV) was a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar, the 1515th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 515th year of the 2nd millennium, the 15th year of the 16th century, and the 6th year of the 1510s decade. As of the start of 1515, the Gregorian calendar was 10 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	15th century – 16th century – 17th century
Decades:	1480s  1490s  1500s  – 1510s –  1520s  1530s  1540s
Years:	1512 1513 1514 – 1515 – 1516 1517 1518

Events

• January 25 – Coronation of Francis I of France
• August 25 – Conquistador Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar founds Havana, Cuba.

Births

for more information, see Category:1515 births.

• September 22 – Anne of Cleves

1515 Media

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  September 13: French Army defeats Swiss mercenaries at the Battle of Marignano.

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  May 20: The first rhinoceros seen in Europe arrives in Lisbon. (woodcut by Albrecht Dürer)

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  Anne Parr, Countess of Pembroke

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  Portrait of Mary of Guise (1515 - 1560), Queen of James V of Scotland and*mother of Mary, Queen of Scots c. 1537 by Corneille de Lyon

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  King Louis XII of France

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  "Portrait of Afonso de Albuquerque, Viceroy of Portuguese India" (after 1545), by Unknown. At the National Museum of Ancient Art, Lisbon.

Deaths

for more information, see Category:1515 deaths.