Event of Interest
Jan 1 Francis, Duke of Angouleme succeeds King Louis XII as Francis I of France
Francis I of France
Louis XII
- Jan 1 Jews are expelled from Laibach in Austria
Victory in Battle
Apr 1 Portuguese fleet under Afonso de Albuquerque captures the Persian fortress of Ormuz, renaming it the Fort of Our Lady of the Conception
Afonso de Albuquerque
- May 19 George van Saksen-Meissen sells Friesland for 100,000 gold guilders to arch duke Charles
- Jul 22 First Congress of Vienna settles issues between Poland and Holy Roman Empire - rise of the Habsburgs influence
- Aug 25 Conquistador Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar founds Havana in modern day Cuba, on the southern coast of the island. Moved to its current location in 1519.
