Events in History
- Jan 22 Ottoman forces take Cairo, capital of the Mamluk Sultanate
- Mar 16 Pope Leo X signs 5th Council of Lateranen
- Apr 13 Ottoman army occupies Cairo
- May 19 Philip van Bourgondie installed as bishop of Utrecht
- Jun 11 Sir Thomas Pert reaches Hudson Bay
- Jul 1 1st burning of Protestants at the stake in the Netherlands
- Jul 1 Inquisitor Adrian Boeyens (pope Adrianus VI) becomes cardinal
- Jul 9 Gelderse crowd robber murders population of Asperen
- Aug 15 Seven Portuguese armed vessels led by Fernão Pires de Andrade meet Chinese officials at the Pearl River estuary.
- Oct 31 Martin Luther sends his 95 Theses to Albrecht von Brandenburg, the Archbishop of Mainz, precipitating The Protestant Reformation
Historical Figures Born in 1517
- Mar 29 Carlo Carafa, Italian cardinal, born in Naples, Italy (d. 1561)
- Jun 18 Emperor Ōgimachi, 106th Emperor of Japan (d. 1593)
- Jun 29 Rembert Dodoens [Rembert Van Joenckema], Flemish physician and botanist, born in Mechelen, Spanish Netherlands (d. 1585)
- Jul 10 Odet de Coligny, Cardinal of Châtillon and count of Beauvais, born in Châtillon-Coligny, France (d. 1571)
- Jul 25 Jacques Peletier (du Mans), French poet and scientist, born in Le Mans, France (d. 1582)
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Historical Figures Who Died in 1517
- Jan 1 Hermann Vischer, the Younger, German bronze merchant, dies at 31
- Mar 7 Maria of Aragon, queen of Portugal (1500-17), dies at 34
- Apr 13 Tuman bay II, last Mamelukken sultan of Egypt, dies at 40
- Sep 24 Frederik IV, of Baden, bishop of Utrecht, dies
- Oct 2 John Murmelius, humanist/theory/school book writer, dies at about 37
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1517 in History Pictures
The Protestant Reformation
1517 copy of Martin Luther's 95 theses, the publication of which began the Protestant Reformation in EuropeOctober 15Martin Luther Challenges the Money-Making Pope
Defiant monk Martin Luther nailed his 95 Theses to a church door on this day, defying the Pope and changing the course of religious and cultural history.October 31