Explore 54 historical events from 1510–1519.
The Reinheitsgebot is a series of regulations limiting the ingredients in beer in Germany and the states of the former Holy Roman Empire. The best known version of the law was ad…
The Munich Reinheitsgebot (regarding the ingredients of beer) takes effect in all of Bavaria
William of Jülich-Cleves-Berg, known as William the Rich, was a Duke of Jülich-Cleves-Berg (1539–1592).
William, Duke of Jülich-Cleves-Berg, German nobleman (died 1592)
John Yonge was an English ecclesiastic and diplomatist, who also served as Master of the Rolls from 1507 until his death.
John Yonge, English diplomat (born 1467)
John III was King of Navarre from 1484 until his death in 1516 as the husband and co-ruler of Queen Catherine.
John III of Navarre (born 1469)
Count John V of Nassau-Siegen, German: Johann V. Graf von Nassau-Siegen, official titles: Graf zu Nassau, Vianden und Diez, Herr zu Breda, was since 1475 Count of Nassau-Siegen and…
John V, Count of Nassau-Siegen (born 1455)
Francisco Álvarez de Toledo, also known as The Viceroyal Solon, was an aristocrat and soldier of the Kingdom of Spain and the fifth Viceroy of Peru. Often regarded as the "best of …
Francisco de Toledo, Viceroy of Peru (died 1582)
Philip I of Pomerania was Duke of Pomerania-Wolgast.
Philip I, Duke of Pomerania (died 1560)
Dürer's Rhinoceros is the name commonly given to a woodcut executed by German artist Albrecht Dürer in 1515. Dürer never saw the actual rhinoceros, which was the first living examp…
Ulysses, who would be famously depicted in a posthumous woodcut, landed in Lisbon, becoming the first of his species to
Henry Grace à Dieu, also known as Great Harry, was an English carrack or "great ship" of the King's Fleet in the 16th century, and in her day the largest warship in the world. Cont…
Henry Grace à Dieu, at over 1,000 tons the largest warship in the world at this time, built at the new Woolwich Dockyard
Henry Grace à Dieu, also known as Great Harry, was an English carrack or "great ship" of the King's Fleet in the 16th century, and in her day the largest warship in the world. Cont…
Henry Grace à Dieu, the largest warship ever built at the time, was launched from Woolwich Dockyard, England
Sir John Cheke was an English classical scholar and statesman. One of the foremost teachers of his age, and the first Regius Professor of Greek at the University of Cambridge, he p…
John Cheke, English academic and politician, English Secretary of State (died 1557)
György Dózsa was a Székely man-at-arms from Transylvania, Kingdom of Hungary, who led a peasants' revolt against the kingdom's landed nobility during the reign of King Vladislaus I…
György Dózsa, Transylvanian peasant revolt leader (born 1470)
Edmund de la Pole, 3rd Duke of Suffolk, 6th Earl of Suffolk, KG, Duke of Suffolk, was an English nobleman and soldier. The son of John de la Pole, 2nd Duke of Suffolk and his wife …
Edmund de la Pole, Yorkist pretender to the English throne, is executed on the orders of Henry VIII
The War of the League of Cambrai, also known by its second stage as the War of the Holy League, was fought from December 1508 to December 1516, as part of the wider Italian Wars of…
War of the League of Cambrai: In the Battle of Novara, Swiss troops defeat the French under Louis II de la Trémoille, fo
Louis, Duc de Montpensier was the second Duke of Montpensier, a French Prince of the Blood, military commander and governor. He began his military career during the Italian Wars, a…
Louis, Duke of Montpensier (1561–1582) (died 1582)
Şehzade Ahmed was a Şehzade (prince) of the Ottoman Empire, the eldest surviving son of Sultan Bayezid II. He fought against his younger brother, Selim, in the Ottoman Civil War of…
Şehzade Ahmet, Ottoman prince (born 1465)
The War of the League of Cambrai, also known by its second stage as the War of the Holy League, was fought from December 1508 to December 1516, as part of the wider Italian Wars of…
War of the League of Cambrai: Milanese forces with Swiss mercenaries defeated the French in Novara, forcing them to with
Henry Fitzalan, 12th Earl of Arundel was an English nobleman, who over his long life assumed a prominent place at the court of all the later Tudor sovereigns.
Henry FitzAlan, 19th Earl of Arundel, Chancellor of the University of Oxford (died 1580)
The Spanish conquest of the Iberian part of Navarre was initiated by Ferdinand II of Aragon and completed by his grandson and successor Holy Roman Emperor Charles V in a series of …
The Spanish conquest of Iberian Navarre commences with the capture of Goizueta.
Pandolfo Petrucci was the lord of Siena during the Renaissance.
Pandolfo Petrucci, Italian ruler (born 1452)
Bayezid II was the sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1481 to 1512. During his reign, Bayezid consolidated the Ottoman Empire, thwarted a pro-Safavid rebellion and finally abdicated…
Bayezid II, Ottoman sultan (born 1447)
Bartolomeo Ammannati was an Italian architect and sculptor, born at Settignano, near Florence, Italy. He studied under Baccio Bandinelli and Jacopo Sansovino and closely imitated t…
Bartolomeo Ammannati, Italian architect and sculptor, designed the Ponte Santa Trinita (died 1592)
Dorothea of Saxe-Lauenburg was queen consort of Denmark and Norway by marriage to King Christian III of Denmark. She was known to having wielded influence upon the affairs of state…
Dorothea of Saxe-Lauenburg, queen consort of Denmark and Norway (died 1571)
Giorgio Vasari was an Italian Renaissance painter, architect, art historian, and biographer known for his work Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects, cons…
Giorgio Vasari, Italian painter, historian, and architect (died 1574)