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[[File:Malacca in 1511.png|thumbnail|right|[[August 15]]: The [[Capture of Malacca (1511)|capture of Malacca]] by the forces of [[Afonso de Albuquerque]] of Portugal.]]
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Year '''1511''' ('''[[Roman numerals|MDXI]]''') was a [[common year starting on Wednesday]] of the [[Julian calendar]].
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== Events ==
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=== January&ndash;June ===
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* [[March 26]] - The [[1511 Idrija earthquake]] occurs, with a maximum [[Mercalli intensity scale|Mercalli intensity]] of X (''Extreme''). The epicenter is around the town of [[Idrija]] in present-day [[Slovenia]], although some place it some 15-20 kilometers to the west, between [[Gemona]] and [[Pulfero]] in [[Friulian Slovenia]]. The earthquake affects a large territory between [[Carinthia]], [[Friuli]], present-day [[Slovenia]] and [[Croatia]].
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* [[April 9]]
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**[[St John's College, Cambridge]], [[Kingdom of England|England]], founded by [[Lady Margaret Beaufort]], receives its charter.
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**The [[Şahkulu Rebellion]] breaks out in Anatolia.
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=== July&ndash;December ===
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* [[July]] &ndash; [[Henry VIII of England]]'s [[flagship]], the ''[[Mary Rose]]'', is launched at [[Portsmouth]].
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* [[August 15]]<ref>http://www.staff.science.uu.nl/~gent0113/islam/islam_tabcal.htm</ref> &ndash; [[Capture of Malacca (1511)|Capture of Malacca]]: [[Afonso de Albuquerque]] of Portugal conquers [[Malacca]], the capital of the [[Sultanate of Malacca]], giving Portugal control over the [[Strait of Malacca]], through which all sea-going trade between China and India is concentrated. The Sultanate then establishes rule from [[Johor]], starting decades of skirmishes against the Portuguese to regain the fallen city. While taking the city, the Portuguese slaughter a large community of [[Ming dynasty|Chinese]] merchants living there.<ref>Mentioned by Zhang Xie writing a century later.</ref> Malacca is the first city in [[Southeast Asia]] to be taken by a Western nation, gaining home rule only in [[1957]], when it becomes part of [[Malaysia]].
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* [[October 12]] &ndash; [[James IV of Scotland]]'s [[great ship]], the ''[[Michael (ship)|Michael]]'', is launched at [[Newhaven, Edinburgh]]; she is the largest ship afloat at this date.<ref>Oliver, Neil. A History of Scotland. p. 191</ref>
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* [[November]] &ndash; The [[War of the League of Cambrai|Treaty of Westminster]] creates an alliance between [[Henry VIII of England]] and [[Ferdinand II of Aragon]] against [[Kingdom of France|France]].
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* [[November 20]] &ndash; The vessel ''[[Frol de la Mar]]'', transporting [[Afonso de Albuquerque]] and the valuable treasure of the conquest of [[Malacca]], sinks ''en route'' to [[Goa]].
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=== Date unknown ===
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* [[Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar|Diego Velázquez]] and [[Hernán Cortés]] conquer [[Cuba]]; Velázquez is appointed Governor.
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* [[Duarte Barbosa]] arrives in India for the second time. He works as [[clerk (position)|clerk]] in the factory of [[Cananor]], and as the liaison with the Indian [[raja]]h.
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* After the fall of [[Malacca]], [[Afonso de Albuquerque]] sends [[Duarte Fernandes]] on a diplomatic mission to Burma and Siam, becoming the first European to visit these countries diplomatically.
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* [[Ferdinand II of Aragon]] observes that "one black can do the work of four Indians".
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* [[Juan de Agramonte]], a sailor from [[Spanish Empire|Spain]], is thought possibly to have travelled to [[Newfoundland (island)|Newfoundland]].
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* [[Taíno]], an indigenous uprising, occurs in southwestern [[Puerto Rico]] near [[Guánica, Puerto Rico|Guánica]].
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* The first black [[Slavery|slaves]] arrive in [[Colombia]].
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* The [[Spanish conquest of Yucatán]] begins.
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* [[Erasmus]] publishes his most famous work, ''[[The Praise of Folly]]'', as ''Moriae encomium'' / ''Laus stultitiae''.
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== Births ==
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* [[January 1]] &ndash; [[Henry, Duke of Cornwall]], eldest son of [[Henrys VIII of England]]
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* [[April 2]] &ndash; [[Ashikaga Yoshiharu]], Japanese shōgun (d. [[1550]])
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* [[April 5]] &ndash; [[John III, Count of Nassau-Saarbrücken]], German noble (d. [[1574]])
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* [[June 4]] &ndash; [[Honorat II of Savoy]], French Navy admiral (d. [[1580]])
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* [[June 6]] &ndash; [[Jakob Schegk]], German physician (d. [[1587]])
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* [[June 18]] &ndash; [[Bartolomeo Ammannati]], Florentine architect and sculptor (d. 1592)
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* [[July 9]] &ndash; [[Dorothea of Saxe-Lauenburg]], consort of Christian III from [[1525]], and Queen of Denmark and Norway (d. [[1571]])
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* [[July 30]] &ndash; [[Giorgio Vasari]], Italian painter and architect (d. [[1574]])
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* [[August 24]] &ndash; [[Jean Bauhin]], French physician (d. [[1582]])
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* [[September 28]] &ndash; [[Matsudaira Kiyoyasu]], Japanese daimyo (d. [[1535]])
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* [[September 29]] &ndash; [[Michael Servetus]], Spanish theologian (d. [[1553]])
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* [[October 22]] &ndash; [[Erasmus Reinhold]], German astronomer and mathematician (d. [[1553]])
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* [[November 8]] &ndash; [[Paul Eber]], German Lutheran theologian (d. [[1569]])
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* [[November 15]] &ndash; [[Johannes Secundus]], Dutch poet (d. [[1536]])
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* [[December 5]] &ndash; [[Maldev Rathore]], ruler of Marwar (d. [[1562]])
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* ''date unknown''
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** [[Amato Lusitano]], Portuguese Jewish physician (d. [[1568]])
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** [[Birgitte Gøye]], Danish county administrator, lady in waiting, landholder and educator  (d. [[1574]])
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** [[Kimotsuki Kanetsugu]], Japanese samurai and warlord (d. [[1566]])
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** [[Luís de Velasco]], Spanish viceroy of New Spain (d. [[1564]])
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** [[Nicola Vicentino]], Italian music theorist and composer (d. [[1576]])
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** [[Nicholas Bobadilla]], one of the first Spanish Jesuits (d. [[1590]])
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** [[Pierre Viret]], Swiss reformed theologian (d. [[1571]])
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** [[Gaspar Cervantes de Gaeta]], Spanish cardinal (d. [[1575]])
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== Deaths ==
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* [[January 9]] &ndash; [[Demetrios Chalkokondyles]], Greek classical scholar (b. [[1424]])
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* [[January 20]] &ndash; [[Oliviero Carafa]], Italian Catholic cardinal (b. [[1430]])
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* [[February 22]] &ndash; [[Henry, Duke of Cornwall]], eldest son of [[Henry VIII of England]]
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* [[April 1]] &ndash; [[Francis of Denmark]], Danish prince (b. [[1497]])
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* [[April 2]] &ndash; [[Bernard VII, Lord of Lippe]], German nobleman (b. [[1428]])
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* [[June 3]] &ndash; [[Ahmad ibn Abi Jum'ah]], North African Islamic scholar, author of the [[Oran fatwa]]
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* [[June 13]] &ndash; [[Hedwig, Abbess of Quedlinburg]], Princess-Abbess of Quedlinburg (b. [[1445]])
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* [[July 2]] &ndash; [[Şahkulu]], leader of the [[Şahkulu Rebellion]]
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* [[July 6]] &ndash; [[Adolf III of Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein]], Germany noble (b. [[1443]])
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* [[July 12]] &ndash; [[Albert I, Duke of Münsterberg-Oels]], Count of Kladsko (b. [[1468]])
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* [[August 2]] &ndash; [[Andrew Barton (privateer)|Andrew Barton]], Scottish naval leader (b. c. [[1466]])
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* [[September 6]]
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** [[Ashikaga Yoshizumi]], Japanese shogun (b. [[1481]])
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** [[William IV, Duke of Jülich-Berg]], Count of Ravensberg (b. [[1455]])
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* [[October 18]] &ndash; [[Philippe de Commines]], French-speaking Fleming in the courts of Burgundy and France (b. [[1447]])
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* [[November 23]]
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** [[Mahmud Begada]], Sultan of Gujarat (b. [[1458]])
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** [[Anne of York (daughter of Edward IV)|Anne of York]], daughter of King Edward IV of England (b. [[1475]])
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* ''date unknown''
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** [[Diego de Nicuesa]], Spanish conquistador and explorer
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** [[Johannes Tinctoris]], Flemish composer and music theorist (b. c. [[1435]])
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** [[Estefania Carròs i de Mur]], Spanish educator (b. [[1455]])
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** [[Matthias Ringmann]], German cartographer and humanist poet (b. [[1482]])
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** [[Yusuf Adil Shah]], founding leader of the [[Adil Shahi dynasty|Adil Shahi Dynasty]]
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* ''probable'' &ndash; [[Antoine de Févin]], French composer (b. c. [[1470]])
 
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Year 1511
August 15: The capture of Malacca by the forces of Afonso de Albuquerque of Portugal.

Year 1511 (MDXI) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar.

Events

January–June

July–December

Date unknown


Births

Deaths

 

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References

  1. ↑ http://www.staff.science.uu.nl/~gent0113/islam/islam_tabcal.htm
  2. ↑ Mentioned by Zhang Xie writing a century later.
  3. ↑ Oliver, Neil. A History of Scotland. p. 191
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