What is 1517?
{{Year nav|1517}} {{Year in various calendars|1517}} {{Year article header|1517}} == 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 Turks. *First contact of organized western merchants with China. *[[August 15]] – [[Portugal|Portuguese]] merchant [[Fernao Pires de Andrade]] met Chinese officials through an interpreter at [[Pearl River (China)|Pearl River]] estuary and landed at [[Hong Kong]]. *[[October 31]] – [[Protestant Reformation]]: [[Martin Luther]] posts his [[95 Theses]] on the door of the [[Wittenberg|Wittenberg Castle Church]]. *Conquest of [[Riazan]] by Grand Prince [[Vasili III of Russia|Vasili III]] of [[Muscovy]]. *[[Selim I]], [[Sultan]] of the [[Ottoman Empire]] conquers [[Palestine (region)|Palestine]] and [[Egypt]], and declares himself [[Caliph]]. *Third outbreak of the [[sweating sickness]] in [[England]], especially bad in [[Oxford]] and [[Cambridge]] == Births == *[[Jacques Peletier du Mans]], French mathematician (died [[1582]]) *[[Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey]], English aristocrat (died [[1547]]) * == Deaths == * [[Category:1517| ]]