Millennia:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	15th century - 16th century - 17th century
Decades:	1480s 1490s 1500s - 1510s - 1520s 1530s 1540s
Years:	1510 1511 1512 1513 1514 1515 1516 1517 1518 1519
Categories:	Births - Deaths - Architecture Establishments - Disestablishments

Events and trends

• Peter Henlein builds the first pocketwatch
• Battle of Orsha; Belarusians and Poles defeat the Russian army
• Martin Luther posts his 95 Theses on the door of the Wittenberg Castle Church
• Selim I, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire conquers Palestine and Egypt, and declares himself Caliph
• Hernán Cortés lands in Mexico.
• Ferdinand Magellan leaves Europe to circumnavigate the world.
• First official diplomatic mission of a European power to China, commissioned by Manuel I of Portugal, carried by Fernao Pires de Andrade.

World leaders

• King Ferdinand II of Aragon (1479–1516)
• King Louis XII of France (1498–1515)
• Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor (1493–1519)
• Sultan Selim I (1465–1520)
• King James IV of Scotland (1488–1513)
• King Henry VIII of England