1517
| Years: 1514 1515 1516 - 1517 - 1518 1519 1520 | |
| Decades: 1480s 1490s 1500s - 1510s - 1520s 1530s 1540s | |
| Centuries: 15th century - 16th century - 17th century | |
| 1517 by topic | |
| Arts and science | |
| Architecture - Art - Music - Science | |
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| Gregorian calendar | 1517 MDXVII |
| Ab urbe condita | 2270 |
| Armenian calendar | 966 ԹՎ ՋԿԶ |
| Chinese calendar | 4153/4213-12-10 (丙子年十二月初十日) — to — 4154/4214-12-19(丁丑年十二月十九日) |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1509 – 1510 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5277 – 5278 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1572 – 1573 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1439 – 1440 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4618 – 4619 |
| Iranian calendar | 895 – 896 |
| Islamic calendar | 923 – 924 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2060 |
Contents |
Events
- January 22 - Battle of Ridanieh: The Turkish forces of Selim I defeat the main Mamluk army in Egypt under Touman Bey.
- February 3 - Capture of Cairo by the Ottoman Empire; fall of Mamluk Sultanate.
- First contact of organized western merchants with China.
- August 15 - Portuguese merchant Fernao Pires de Andrade met Chinese officials through an interpreter at Pearl River estuary and landed at Hong Kong.
- October 31 - Protestant Reformation: Martin Luther posts his 95 Theses on the door of the Wittenberg Castle Church.
- Grand Prince Vasili III of Muscovy conquers Riazan.
- Selim I, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, conquers Palestine and Egypt and declares himself Caliph.
- A third outbreak of the sweating sickness in England hits Oxford and Cambridge.
Births
- July 16 - Lady Frances Brandon, granddaughter of King Henry VII
- Jacques Pelletier du Mans, French mathematician (died 1582)
- Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey, English aristocrat (died 1547)
Deaths
- March 26 - Heinrich Isaac, Flemish composer (born c. 1450)
- October 31 - Fra Bartolommeo, Italian artist (born 1472)
- November 8 - Francisco Cardinal Jiménez de Cisneros, Spanish Cardinal and statesman (born 1436)
- Francisco Hernández de Córdoba, Spanish conquistador
- Luca Pacioli, Italian mathematician (born 1445)
- Francesco Raibolini, Italian painter (born c. 1450)
- Dyveke Sigbritsdatter, mistress of Christian II of Denmark
- Gaspar van Weerbeke, Dutch composer (born 1445)
- Badi' al-Zaman, Timurid ruler of Herat
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