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1510 CE

An 18-year-old Henry VIII jousts anonymously at Richmond, Surrey and draws applause, before revealing his identity. 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. Battle of Merv: Shah Ismail I's defeats the Uzbek forces of Shaybani Khan, in Khorasan. 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.

Geopolitics & Diplomacy

  • April 13 – Park Won-jong resigns as Chief State Councillor of the Korean Empire and is succeeded by Kim Su-dong.source
  • October 16 – Mingyi Nyo declares independence from the Ava Kingdom in upper Burma, by establishing the Toungoo dynasty.source
  • November 25 – Afonso de Albuquerque succeeds in conquering Goa and establishes the colony of Portuguese India.source

Conflict & Security

  • February 27– Portuguese conquest of Goa: Afonso de Albuquerque of Portugal begins a nine month battle to conquer Goa off the coast of India.source
  • March 1 – Battle of Salt River: Indigenous ǃUriǁʼaekua decisively defeat sailors of the Portuguese Empire in South Africa.source
  • 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.source
  • 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.source
  • 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.source
  • 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.source
  • May 30 – Rebel leader Zhu Zhifan is defeated and captured by commander Qiu Yue, ending the Prince of Anhua rebellion.source
  • June 5 – The Sultan Abu Abdallah V of Tlemcen (now part of Algeria) agrees to pay a demand for tribute to the Ferdinand II, King of Aragon (now part of Spain), prompting Ferdinand to plot an invasion of the neighboring kingdom Ifriqiya and its capital, Tripoli.source
  • July 25 – Spanish troops capture Tripoli at the direction of King Ferdinand II of Aragon and under the command of Pedro Navarro.source
  • December 2 – Battle of Merv: Shah Ismail I's defeats the Uzbek forces of Shaybani Khan, in Khorasan. 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.source
  • The Grand Prince of Moscow Vasili III conquers Pskov.source

Exploration & Expansion

  • Sunflowers are brought to Europe by Spaniards.source

Religion & Belief

  • February 15 – Peace treaty concluded between Pope Julius II and the Republic of Venice.source
  • February 24 – In Rome, Pope Julius II revokes the interdict, imposed on the Republic of Venice in 1509.source
  • 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.source

Economy & Finance

  • August 10 – The Royal Dano-Norwegian Navy is founded when Henrich Krummedige is appointed chief captain of all those who are at sea.source

Health & Medicine

  • 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.source

Crime & Justice

  • September 3 – Sir Thomas More becomes undersheriff of the City of London.source

Disasters & Accidents

  • 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.source

Climate & Environment

  • 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.source
  • 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.source

Culture & Society

  • January 23 – An 18-year-old Henry VIII jousts anonymously at Richmond, Surrey and draws applause, before revealing his identity.source
  • January 31 – Catherine of Aragon gives birth to her first child, and the first known child of King Henry VIII, a stillborn daughter.source

Births

  • February 24 – Costanzo II Sforza, Italian noble (d. 1512)source
  • March 25 – Guillaume Postel, French linguist (d. 1581)source
  • March 30 – Antonio de Cabezón, Spanish composer and organist (d. 1566)source
  • June 6 – Giovanni Battista Cicala, Italian Catholic cardinal (d. 1570)source
  • August 11 – Margaret Paleologa, Sovereign Marchioness of Montferrat (1531–1540) (d. 1566)source
  • August 24 – Elisabeth of Brandenburg, Duchess of Brunswick-Calenberg-Göttingen (1525–1540) (d. 1558)source
  • October 6 – John Caius, English physician (d. 1573)source
  • October 6 – Rowland Taylor, English Protestant martyr (d. 1555)source
  • October 25 – Renée of France, French princess (d. 1574)source
  • October 28 – Francis Borgia, Spanish General of the Jesuits (d. 1572)source
  • December 28 – Nicholas Bacon, English politician (d. 1579)source
  • Francisco Vázquez de Coronado, Spanish conquistador (d. 1554)source
  • Gracia Mendes Nasi, Portuguese businessperson and philanthropist (d. 1569)source
  • Ferenc Dávid, Hungarian founder of the Unitarian Church (d. 1579)source

Deaths

  • February 1 – Sidonie of Poděbrady, Bohemian princess, duchess consort of Saxony (b. 1449)source
  • February 28 – Juan de la Cosa, Spanish cartographer and explorer (b. c. 1460)source
  • March 1 – Francisco de Almeida, Portuguese soldier and explorer (b. c. 1450)source
  • March 10 – Johann Geiler von Kaisersberg, German preacher (b. 1445)source
  • May 17 – Sandro Botticelli, Italian painter (b. 1445)source
  • May 25 – Cardinal Georges d'Ambroise, aka Monseigneur le Ledat. Adviser to King Louis XII (b. 1460)source
  • July 14 – Arthur Stewart, Duke of Rothesay, heir to the Scottish throne (b. 1509)source
  • July 27 – Giovanni Sforza, Italian condottiere (b. 1466)source
  • August 17 – Richard Empson, English statesmansource
  • September 15 – Saint Catherine of Genoa (b. 1447)source
  • September 17 – Giorgione, Italian painter (b. c. 1477)source
  • September 18 – Ursula of Brandenburg, Duchess of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (b. 1488)source
  • November 11 – Bohuslav Hasištejnský z Lobkovic, Bohemian writer (b. 1461)source
  • December 2 – Muhammad Shaybani, Khan of Bukhara (b. 1451)source