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Years: 1510Events Conquest of Pskov by Grand Prince Vasili III of Muscovy. Formation of the Holy League to defend the Italian States. Births April 2 Ashikaga Yoshiharu, Ashikaga shogun Mikael Agricola finnish scholar Matsunaga Hisahide Japanese warlord Oda Nobuhide 1511Events Diego Velazquez and Hernan Cortes conquer Cuba; Velazquez appointed Governor. August 24 Alfonso de Albuquerque of Portugal conquers the Sultanate of Malacca. St John's College, Cambridge founded by Lady Margaret Beaufort. Births November 15 Johanne 1512Events April 11 Battle of Ravenna. French forces under Gaston de Foix, Duc de Nemours defeat the Spanish under Raymond of Cardona, but Gaston is killed in the pursuit. November 1 The ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, painted by Michelangelo, is exhibited to 1513Events January 20 Christian II becomes King of Denmark and Norway. March 11 Leo X elected pope. March 27 Explorer Juan Ponce de Leon sights North America (specifically Florida) for the first time mistaking it for another island. Later, on April 2, he land 1514Events March Louis XII of France makes peace with Emperor Maximilian. July Peace between England and France. Albrecht Durer makes his famous engraving Melancholia I''. Births March 8 Amago Haruhisa, Japanese samurai and warlord Shimazu Takahisa, Japanese 1515Events 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 1516Events March With the death of Ferdinand II of Aragon, his grandson Charles of Ghent becomes King of Spain as Carlos I. July Selim I of the Ottoman Empire declares war on the Mameluks and invades Syria. August 13 Treaty of Noyon Peace between France and S 1517Events January 22 Battle of Ridanieh. The Turkish forces of Selim I defeat the main Mameluk army in Egypt under Touman Bey. February 3 Capture of Cairo by the Turks First contact of organized western merchants with China. August 15 Portuguese merchant Fer 1518 1519 1520
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