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=== January–June === |
=== January–June === |
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* Middle of January – After Regent of [[Sweden]] [[Svante Nilsson (regent of Sweden)|Svante Nilsson]] dies on [[January 2]], [[Eric Trolle]] is elected new Regent of Sweden. He is however ousted after only six months. |
* Middle of [[January]] – After Regent of [[Sweden]] [[Svante Nilsson (regent of Sweden)|Svante Nilsson]] dies on [[January 2]], [[Eric Trolle]] is elected new Regent of Sweden. He is, however, ousted after only six months. |
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* [[February 18]] – [[War of the League of Cambrai]]: [[Sack of Brescia]] by the [[Kingdom of France|French]]. |
* [[February 18]] – [[War of the League of Cambrai]]: [[Sack of Brescia]] by the [[Kingdom of France|French]]. |
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* [[April 11]] – War of the League of Cambrai |
* [[April 11]] – War of the League of Cambrai – [[Battle of Ravenna (1512)|Battle of Ravenna]]: [[Kingdom of France|French]] forces under [[Gaston of Foix, Duke of Nemours]] defeat the [[Spanish Empire|Spanish]] under Raymond of Cardona, but Gaston is killed in the pursuit. |
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* [[May 3]] – The [[Fifth Council of the Lateran]] starts. |
* [[May 3]] – The [[Fifth Council of the Lateran]] starts. |
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* [[May 26]] – [[Selim I]] succeeds [[Bayezid II]] as [[Sultan of the Ottoman Empire]]. |
* [[May 26]] – [[Selim I]] succeeds [[Bayezid II]], as [[Sultan of the Ottoman Empire]]. |
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=== July–December === |
=== July–December === |
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* [[July 23]] – [[Sten Sture the Younger]] is elected new Regent of Sweden, thus deposing Eric Trolle from the post. |
* [[July 23]] – [[Sten Sture the Younger]] is elected new Regent of Sweden, thus deposing Eric Trolle from the post. |
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* [[August 10]] – [[War of the League of Cambrai]] |
* [[August 10]] – [[War of the League of Cambrai]] – [[Battle of Saint-Mathieu]]: The [[Kingdom of England|English]] navy defeats the French-[[Britanny|Breton]] fleet. Both navies use ships firing cannon through ports, and each loses its principal ship — ''Regent'' and ''Marie-la-Cordelière'' — through a large explosion aboard the latter. |
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* Summer – War of the League of Cambrai: [[Ferdinand II of Aragon]] sends [[Fadrique Álvarez de Toledo, 2nd Duke of Alba|Don Fadrique de Toledo]] to complete the [[Spanish conquest of Iberian Navarre]]. |
* Summer – War of the League of Cambrai: [[Ferdinand II of Aragon]] sends [[Fadrique Álvarez de Toledo, 2nd Duke of Alba|Don Fadrique de Toledo]] to complete the [[Spanish conquest of Iberian Navarre]]. |
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* [[October 19]] – [[Martin Luther]] becomes a doctor of theology (''Doctor in Biblia''). |
* [[October 19]] – [[Martin Luther]] becomes a doctor of theology (''Doctor in Biblia''). |
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=== Date unknown === |
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* [[António de Abreu]] discovers [[Timor|Timor |
* [[António de Abreu]] discovers [[Timor|Timor Island]], and reaches the [[Banda Islands]], [[Ambon Island]] and [[Seram]]. |
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* [[Francisco Serrão]] reaches the [[Moluccas]]. |
* [[Francisco Serrão]] reaches the [[Moluccas]]. |
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* [[Juan Ponce de León]] discovers the [[Turks and Caicos Islands]]. |
* [[Juan Ponce de León]] discovers the [[Turks and Caicos Islands]]. |
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* [[Pedro Mascarenhas]] discovers [[Diego Garcia]] and reaches [[Mauritius]] in the [[Mascarene Islands]]. |
* [[Pedro Mascarenhas]] discovers [[Diego Garcia]], and reaches [[Mauritius]] in the [[Mascarene Islands]]. |
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* [[Moldavia]] becomes a vassal of the [[Ottoman Empire|Turkish Empire]], on the same conditions as [[Wallachia]]: the voivode will be designated by the Turks, but will be of the [[Orthodox faith]]. Also, the Turks are not allowed to build mosques, to be buried, to own land or to settle in the country. |
* [[Moldavia]] becomes a vassal of the [[Ottoman Empire|Turkish Empire]], on the same conditions as [[Wallachia]]: the voivode will be designated by the Turks, but will be of the [[Orthodox faith]]. Also, the Turks are not allowed to build mosques, to be buried, to own land or to settle in the country. |
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* The [[Florentine Republic]] is dismantled and the [[Medici |
* The [[Florentine Republic]] is dismantled, and the [[Medici Family]] comes back into power. |
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* The word |
* The word ''[[masque]]'' is first used to denote a poetic drama. |
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* [[Wolverhampton Grammar School]] is founded by Sir [[Stephen Jenyns]] in England. |
* [[Wolverhampton Grammar School]] is founded by Sir [[Stephen Jenyns]], in England. |
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* [[Giggleswick School]] is founded by |
* [[Giggleswick School]] is founded by Reverend James Carr, in England. |
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* [[Paracelsus]] moves to [[Ferrara]]. |
* [[Paracelsus]] moves to [[Ferrara]]. |
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* ''Possible date'' - [[Nicolaus Copernicus]] begins to write ''[[Commentariolus]]'', an abstract of what will eventually become his [[heliocentric]] astronomy ''[[De revolutionibus orbium coelestium]]''; he sends it to other scientists interested in the matter by 1514.<ref>{{cite book|first=Bernard|last=Grun|title=The Timetables of History|edition=3rd|location=New York|publisher=Simon & Schuster|year=1991|isbn=0-671-74919-6|page=229}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=The Book Nobody Read: Chasing the Revolutions of Nicolaus Copernicus|authorlink=Owen Gingerich|last=Gingerich|first=Owen|publisher=Walker|year=2004|isbn=0-8027-1415-3|location=New York}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=The Astronomical Revolution: Copernicus – Kepler – Borelli|last=Koyré|first=Alexandre|publisher=Cornell University Press|year=1973|authorlink=Alexandre Koyré|location=Ithaca, NY|isbn=0-8014-0504-1}}</ref> |
* ''Possible date'' - [[Nicolaus Copernicus]] begins to write ''[[Commentariolus]]'', an abstract of what will eventually become his [[heliocentric]] astronomy ''[[De revolutionibus orbium coelestium]]''; he sends it to other scientists interested in the matter by [[1514]].<ref>{{cite book|first=Bernard|last=Grun|title=The Timetables of History|edition=3rd|location=New York|publisher=Simon & Schuster|year=1991|isbn=0-671-74919-6|page=229}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=The Book Nobody Read: Chasing the Revolutions of Nicolaus Copernicus|authorlink=Owen Gingerich|last=Gingerich|first=Owen|publisher=Walker|year=2004|isbn=0-8027-1415-3|location=New York}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=The Astronomical Revolution: Copernicus – Kepler – Borelli|last=Koyré|first=Alexandre|publisher=Cornell University Press|year=1973|authorlink=Alexandre Koyré|location=Ithaca, NY|isbn=0-8014-0504-1}}</ref> |
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[[File:mercator.jpg|thumb|130px|[[Gerardus Mercator]]]] |
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* [[January 13]] – [[Gaspar de Quiroga y Vela]], General Inquisitor of Spain (d. [[1594]]) |
* [[January 13]] – [[Gaspar de Quiroga y Vela]], General Inquisitor of Spain (d. [[1594]]) |
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* [[January 17]] – [[Sibylle of Cleves]], |
* [[January 17]] – [[Sibylle of Cleves]], electress consort of Saxony (d. [[1554]]) |
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* [[January 31]] – [[Henry, King of Portugal]] and Cardinal (d. [[1580]]) |
* [[January 31]] – [[Henry, King of Portugal]] and Cardinal (d. [[1580]]) |
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* [[February 3]] – [[John Hamilton (archbishop of St Andrews)|John Hamilton]], archbishop of St Andrews (d. [[1571]]) |
* [[February 3]] – [[John Hamilton (archbishop of St Andrews)|John Hamilton]], archbishop of St Andrews (d. [[1571]]) |
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* [[February 22]] – [[Pedro Agustín]], Catholic bishop (d. [[1572]]) |
* [[February 22]] – [[Pedro Agustín]], Spanish Catholic bishop (d. [[1572]]) |
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* [[March 5]] – [[Gerardus Mercator]], Flemish-German cartographer (d. [[1594]]) |
* [[March 5]] – [[Gerardus Mercator]], Flemish-German cartographer (d. [[1594]]) |
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* [[April 10]] – [[James V of Scotland]], King of Scots (d. [[1542]]) |
* [[April 10]] – [[James V of Scotland]], King of Scots (d. [[1542]]) |
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* [[April 23]] – [[Henry FitzAlan, 19th Earl of Arundel]], Chancellor of the University of Oxford (d. [[1580]]) |
* [[April 23]] – [[Henry FitzAlan, 19th Earl of Arundel]], Chancellor of the University of Oxford (d. [[1580]]) |
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* [[April 30]] – [[George II, Duke of Münsterberg-Oels]], Count of Glatz (d. [[1553]]) |
* [[April 30]] – [[George II, Duke of Münsterberg-Oels]], Count of Glatz (d. [[1553]]) |
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* [[July 5]] – [[Cristoforo Madruzzo]], Catholic cardinal (d. [[1578]]) |
* [[July 5]] – [[Cristoforo Madruzzo]], Italian Catholic cardinal (d. [[1578]]) |
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* [[July 25]] – [[Diego de Covarubias y Leyva]], Spanish jurist, Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Cuenca (d. [[1577]]) |
* [[July 25]] – [[Diego de Covarubias y Leyva]], Spanish jurist, Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Cuenca (d. [[1577]]) |
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* [[August 27]] – [[Friedrich Staphylus]], German theologian (d. [[1564]]) |
* [[August 27]] – [[Friedrich Staphylus]], German theologian (d. [[1564]]) |
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* [[January 2]] – [[Svante Nilsson (regent of Sweden)|Svante Nilsson]], regent of Sweden since [[1504]] (b. [[1460]]) |
* [[January 2]] – [[Svante Nilsson (regent of Sweden)|Svante Nilsson]], regent of Sweden since [[1504]] (b. [[1460]]) |
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* [[January 30]] – [[Reinhard IV, Count of Hanau-Münzenberg]] (1500–1512) (b. [[1473]]) |
* [[January 30]] – [[Reinhard IV, Count of Hanau-Münzenberg]] (1500–1512) (b. [[1473]]) |
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* [[February 2]] – [[Hatuey]], Taíno chief |
* [[February 2]] – [[Hatuey]], Puerto Rican Taíno chief |
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* [[February 22]] – [[Amerigo Vespucci]], Italian merchant and cartographer, discoverer of the New World (b. [[1454]]) |
* [[February 22]] – [[Amerigo Vespucci]], Italian merchant and cartographer, discoverer of the New World (b. [[1454]]) |
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* [[March 29]] – [[Lucas Watzenrode]], Prince-Bishop of Warmia (b. [[1447]]) |
* [[March 29]] – [[Lucas Watzenrode]], Prince-Bishop of Warmia (b. [[1447]]) |
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* [[April 11]] |
* [[April 11]] |
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** [[Gaston of Foix, Duke of Nemours|Gaston de Foix]], French military commander (b. [[1489]]) |
** [[Gaston of Foix, Duke of Nemours|Gaston de Foix]], French military commander (b. [[1489]]) |
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** [[Asakura Sadakage]], 9th head of Asakura clan (b. [[1473]]) |
** [[Asakura Sadakage]], 9th head of the Asakura clan (b. [[1473]]) |
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* [[May 21]] – [[Pandolfo Petrucci]], ruler of Siena (b. [[1452]]) |
* [[May 21]] – [[Pandolfo Petrucci]], ruler of Siena (b. [[1452]]) |
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* [[May 26]] – [[Bayezid II]], [[Ottoman Sultan]] (b. [[1447]]) |
* [[May 26]] – [[Bayezid II]], [[Ottoman Sultan]] (b. [[1447]]) |
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| Gregorian calendar | 1512 MDXII |
| Ab urbe condita | 2265 |
| Armenian calendar | 961 ԹՎ ՋԿԱ |
| Assyrian calendar | 6262 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 1433–1434 |
| Bengali calendar | 919 |
| Berber calendar | 2462 |
| English Regnal year | 3 Hen. 8 – 4 Hen. 8 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2056 |
| Burmese calendar | 874 |
| Byzantine calendar | 7020–7021 |
| Chinese calendar | 辛未年 (Metal Goat) 4209 or 4002 — to — 壬申年 (Water Monkey) 4210 or 4003 |
| Coptic calendar | 1228–1229 |
| Discordian calendar | 2678 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1504–1505 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5272–5273 |
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| - Vikram Samvat | 1568–1569 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1433–1434 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4612–4613 |
| Holocene calendar | 11512 |
| Igbo calendar | 512–513 |
| Iranian calendar | 890–891 |
| Islamic calendar | 917–918 |
| Japanese calendar | Eishō 9 (永正９年) |
| Javanese calendar | 1429–1430 |
| Julian calendar | 1512 MDXII |
| Korean calendar | 3845 |
| Minguo calendar | 400 before ROC 民前400年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | 44 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2054–2055 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阴金羊年 (female Iron-Goat) 1638 or 1257 or 485 — to — 阳水猴年 (male Water-Monkey) 1639 or 1258 or 486 |
Year 1512 (MDXII) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
January–June
- Middle of January – After Regent of Sweden Svante Nilsson dies on January 2, Eric Trolle is elected new Regent of Sweden. He is, however, ousted after only six months.
- February 18 – War of the League of Cambrai: Sack of Brescia by the French.
- April 11 – War of the League of Cambrai – Battle of Ravenna: French forces under Gaston of Foix, Duke of Nemours defeat the Spanish under Raymond of Cardona, but Gaston is killed in the pursuit.
- May 3 – The Fifth Council of the Lateran starts.
- May 26 – Selim I succeeds Bayezid II, as Sultan of the Ottoman Empire.
July–December
- July 23 – Sten Sture the Younger is elected new Regent of Sweden, thus deposing Eric Trolle from the post.
- August 10 – War of the League of Cambrai – Battle of Saint-Mathieu: The English navy defeats the French-Breton fleet. Both navies use ships firing cannon through ports, and each loses its principal ship — Regent and Marie-la-Cordelière — through a large explosion aboard the latter.
- Summer – War of the League of Cambrai: Ferdinand II of Aragon sends Don Fadrique de Toledo to complete the Spanish conquest of Iberian Navarre.
- October 19 – Martin Luther becomes a doctor of theology (Doctor in Biblia).
- October 21 – Martin Luther joins the theological faculty of the University of Wittenberg.
- November 1 – The ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, painted by Michelangelo Buonarroti, is exhibited to the public for the first time.
Date unknown
- António de Abreu discovers Timor Island, and reaches the Banda Islands, Ambon Island and Seram.
- Francisco Serrão reaches the Moluccas.
- Juan Ponce de León discovers the Turks and Caicos Islands.
- Pedro Mascarenhas discovers Diego Garcia, and reaches Mauritius in the Mascarene Islands.
- Moldavia becomes a vassal of the Turkish Empire, on the same conditions as Wallachia: the voivode will be designated by the Turks, but will be of the Orthodox faith. Also, the Turks are not allowed to build mosques, to be buried, to own land or to settle in the country.
- The Florentine Republic is dismantled, and the Medici Family comes back into power.
- The word masque is first used to denote a poetic drama.
- Wolverhampton Grammar School is founded by Sir Stephen Jenyns, in England.
- Giggleswick School is founded by Reverend James Carr, in England.
- Paracelsus moves to Ferrara.
- Possible date - Nicolaus Copernicus begins to write Commentariolus, an abstract of what will eventually become his heliocentric astronomy De revolutionibus orbium coelestium; he sends it to other scientists interested in the matter by 1514.[1][2][3]
Births
- January 13 – Gaspar de Quiroga y Vela, General Inquisitor of Spain (d. 1594)
- January 17 – Sibylle of Cleves, electress consort of Saxony (d. 1554)
- January 31 – Henry, King of Portugal and Cardinal (d. 1580)
- February 3 – John Hamilton, archbishop of St Andrews (d. 1571)
- February 22 – Pedro Agustín, Spanish Catholic bishop (d. 1572)
- March 5 – Gerardus Mercator, Flemish-German cartographer (d. 1594)
- April 10 – James V of Scotland, King of Scots (d. 1542)
- April 23 – Henry FitzAlan, 19th Earl of Arundel, Chancellor of the University of Oxford (d. 1580)
- April 30 – George II, Duke of Münsterberg-Oels, Count of Glatz (d. 1553)
- July 5 – Cristoforo Madruzzo, Italian Catholic cardinal (d. 1578)
- July 25 – Diego de Covarubias y Leyva, Spanish jurist, Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Cuenca (d. 1577)
- August 27 – Friedrich Staphylus, German theologian (d. 1564)
- November 4 – Hu Zongxian, Chinese general (d. 1565)
- November 9 – Jon Simonssøn, Norwegian humanist (d. 1575)
- November 11 – Marcin Kromer, Prince-Bishop of Warmia (d. 1589)
- December 21 – Boniface IV, Marquess of Montferrat, Italian nobleman (d. 1530)
- date unknown
- Robert Recorde, Welsh physician and mathematician (d. 1558)
- Gissur Einarsson, first Lutheran bishop in Iceland (d. 1548)
Deaths
- January 2 – Svante Nilsson, regent of Sweden since 1504 (b. 1460)
- January 30 – Reinhard IV, Count of Hanau-Münzenberg (1500–1512) (b. 1473)
- February 2 – Hatuey, Puerto Rican Taíno chief
- February 22 – Amerigo Vespucci, Italian merchant and cartographer, discoverer of the New World (b. 1454)
- March 29 – Lucas Watzenrode, Prince-Bishop of Warmia (b. 1447)
- April 11
- Gaston de Foix, French military commander (b. 1489)
- Asakura Sadakage, 9th head of the Asakura clan (b. 1473)
- May 21 – Pandolfo Petrucci, ruler of Siena (b. 1452)
- May 26 – Bayezid II, Ottoman Sultan (b. 1447)
- June 20 – Goto Yujo, swordsman, artisan (b. 1440)
- August 2 – Alessandro Achillini, Italian philosopher (b. 1463)
- August 15 – Imperia Cognati, Italian courtesan (b. 1486)
- September 15 – John Stewart, 1st Earl of Atholl, Scottish peer (b. 1440)
- September 29 – Johannes Engel, German doctor, astronomer and astrologer (b. 1453)
- October 5 – Sophia Jagiellon, Margravine of Brandenburg-Ansbach, Polish princess (b. 1464)
- October 31 – Anna of Saxony, Electress of Brandenburg (b. 1437)
References
- ^ Grun, Bernard (1991). The Timetables of History (3rd ed.). New York: Simon & Schuster. p. 229. ISBN 0-671-74919-6.
- ^ Gingerich, Owen (2004). The Book Nobody Read: Chasing the Revolutions of Nicolaus Copernicus. New York: Walker. ISBN 0-8027-1415-3.
- ^ Koyré, Alexandre (1973). The Astronomical Revolution: Copernicus – Kepler – Borelli. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press. ISBN 0-8014-0504-1.