are introduced in Europe.
January–March •
January 23 – An 18-year-old
Henry VIII jousts anonymously at
Richmond, Surrey and draws applause, before revealing his identity. •
January 29 – The
Mary Rose ship is laid out. The next year the
ship is
launched on July 29, 1511, and is afterwards towed to
London to be fitted, and is finally completed in
1512. In 1545, during the
Battle of the Solent, she sank. The reason for her sinking is disputed with contemporary accounts claiming the ship was heeled over or sank by French ships with gunfire, although modern historians believe it was sunk due to being unstable. •
February 15 – Peace treaty concluded between
Pope Julius II and the
Republic of Venice. •
February 24 – In Rome,
Pope Julius II revokes the
interdict, imposed on the
Republic of Venice in 1509. •
February 27–
Portuguese conquest of Goa:
Afonso de Albuquerque of
Portugal begins a nine month battle to conquer
Goa off the coast of India. •
March 1 –
Battle of Salt River: Indigenous
ǃUriǁʼaekua decisively defeat sailors of the
Portuguese Empire in South Africa. •
March 12 –
Mihnea cel Rău, the ruling Prince of Wallachia (now in Romania), is assassinated in
Sibiu while attending Mass at the Roman Catholic church there.
April–June •
April 4 – The "
Disturbance of the Three Ports", an uprising by Japanese merchants against the Korean government, begins in what is now
South Korea in the cities of
Dongnae,
Changwon and
Ulsan. •
April 13 –
Park Won-jong resigns as
Chief State Councillor of the Korean Empire and is succeeded by Kim Su-dong. •
April 19 – The simultaneous Japanese uprising in Korea is suppressed by the Korean
Emperor Jungjong, and all trade between Korea and Japan is halted for the next two years. •
April 27 – (4th waning of Kason
872 ME In what is now
Myanmar,
Min Raza, King of Burma as ruler of the Kingdom of Arakan, leaves the capital city of Mrauk-U permanently and relocates to the old capital at
Waithali, where he shows little interest in governing his kingdom. •
May 12 – The
Prince of Anhua rebellion begins when
Zhu Zhifan, Prince of Anhua, kills all the officials invited to a banquet, and declares his intent on ousting the powerful
Ming dynasty eunuch
Liu Jin, during the reign of the
Zhengde Emperor in China. •
May 30 – Rebel leader Zhu Zhifan is defeated and captured by commander Qiu Yue, ending the
Prince of Anhua rebellion. •
July – The
Holy League, formed to defend the Italian States, attacks French-occupied
Genoa. The
1510 influenza pandemic reaches
Sicily, where it is nicknamed
coccolucio, before spreading to the
Italian states and the rest of Europe. •
August 10 – The
Royal Dano-Norwegian Navy is founded when
Henrich Krummedige is appointed chief captain of all those who are at sea. •
September 3 – Sir
Thomas More becomes undersheriff of the
City of London. •
September 10 – (
Eishō 7, 18th day of the 8th month) An estimated 6.7 magnitude earthquake in the
Seto Inland Sea (Setonaikai) strikes off the coast of Japan near what is now Nanko-Higashi.
October–December •
October 10 – (
Eishō 7, 8th day of the 9th month) An earthquake in the
Enshunada Sea off of the coast of
Hamamatsu in what is now the
Shizuoka Prefecture in Japan produces a devastating
tsunami. Shaybani flees the battle only to be captured and killed by Ismail I troops, his head is turned into a
skull cup used as a drinking goblet. •
Paolo Cortesi publishes
De Cardinalatu, a manual for cardinals, including advice on palatial architecture – which inspires
Thomas Wolsey in his construction work at
Hampton Court Palace. •
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