Centuries: Year in Review 16th Century (15th century - 16th century - 17th century)
Decades: 1470s 1480s 1490s 1500s 1510s - 1520s - 1530s 1540s 1550s 1560s [[1570s]
Years: 1515 1516 1517 1518 1519 - 1520 - 1521 1522 1523 1524 1525
Births
Deaths
Events
- Change of emperor of the Ottoman Empire from Selim I (1512-1520) to Suleiman I (the Magnificient) (1520-1566)
- Cuitláuac becomes the Aztec ruler of the city of Tenochtitlan after Moctezuma II.
- November 8 - Stockholm bloodbath takes place