Major Events
- Jan 19 Italian city Mirandola surrenders to the French
- Feb 12 King Henry VIII issues challenge, beginning a jousting tournament to celebrate the birth of his son Henry. Recorded in Roll of Honour manuscript which depicts trumpeter John Blanke, only identifiable black person in Tudor England. [1]
- May 23 Pope Julius II and French troops capture Bologna after an anti-Papal revolt
- Jul 25 Portuguese forces under Afonso de Albuquerque first assault the prosperous trading city of Malacca, Malay Peninsula
- Aug 10 Portuguese troops occupy parts of Malacca
- Aug 24 Afonso de Albuquerque of Portugal conquers Malacca, the capital of the Sultanate of Malacca
- Oct 1 Conciliabulum of Pisa opens convened by Louis XII of France
- Oct 5 Eedgenootschap signs anti-French Saint League
- Nov 17 England, Spain and the Holy Roman Empire sign anti-French covenant The Treaty of Westminster
Born in 1511
- Jan 1 Henry, Duke of Cornwall (d. 1511)
- Jun 18 Bartolommeo Ammanati, Italian sculptor and architect, born in Settignano, Italy (d. 1592)
- Jul 1 Hadrianus Junius [Adriaen de Jonghe], Dutch physician, historian and humanist, born in Hoorn, Netherlands (d. 1575)
- Jul 9 Dorothea of Saxe-Lauenburg, Queen of Denmark and Norway, born in Lauenburg Castle, Germany (d. 1571)
- Jul 30 Giorgio Vasari, Italian painter and art historian (Vasari's Lives), born in Arezzo, Republic of Florence (d. 1574)
More People Born in 1511
Who Died in 1511
- Feb 11 Henry, Duke of Cornwall, son of Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon, dies at 7 weeks
- May 29 Nicolás de Ovando y Cáceres, Spanish Governor of the Indies (1501-09), dies at 50 or 51
- Aug 2 Andrew Barton, Scottish sailor and privateer, killed in a battle at sea
- Sep 6 Ashikaga Yoshizumi, Japanese shogun (b. 1481)
- Nov 23 Mahmud Begada, Sultan of Gujarat (successfully captured Pavagadh and Junagadh forts in battles), dies at 66
More 1511 Deaths
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