1516

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	15th century – 16th century – 17th century
Decades:	1480s  1490s  1500s  – 1510s –  1520s  1530s  1540s
Years:	1513 1514 1515 – 1516 – 1517 1518 1519

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1516 Media

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  July: Selim I declares war on the Mamluk Sultanate of Cairo.

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  MargaretaLeijonhufvud

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  • Portrait of Princess Charlotte, daughter of King Francis I of France. Sitter was about seven years old at the time of this portrait, she died at the age of eight.
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  Ferdinand II of Aragon

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  Vladislaus II of Bohemia and Hungary

1516 (MDXVI) was a leap year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar, the 1516th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 516th year of the 2nd millennium, the 16th year of the 16th century, and the 7th year of the 1510s decade. As of the start of 1516, the Gregorian calendar was 10 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.

Events

• The Royal Mail is established

Births

• January 16 – King Bayinnong, king of the Toungoo dynasty of Burma
• February 18 – Mary I of England

Deaths

• January 23 – King Ferdinand II of Aragon
• August 9 – Hieronymus Bosch, Dutch painter
• November 26 – Giovanni Bellini, Italian Renaissance painter