1517

Events

January 22 - Battle of Ridanieh[?]. The Turkish forces of Selim I defeat the main Mameluk army in Egypt under Touman Bey.
February 3 - Capture of Cairo by the Turks
First contact of organized western merchants with China.
August 15 - Portuguese merchant Fernao Pires de Andrade met Chinese officials through a interpreter at Pearl River[?] estuary and landed at Hong Kong.
October 31 - Martin Luther posts his 95 theses in Wittenberg
Conquest of Riazan[?] by Grand Prince Vasili III of Muscovy

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Deaths

		1517
		Centuries: 15th century - 16th century - 17th century Decades: 1460s 1470s 1480s 1490s 1500s - 1510s - 1520s 1530s 1540s 1550s 1560s Years: 1512 1513 1514 1515 1516 - 1517 - 1518 1519 1520 1521 1522 Events January 22 - Battle of Ridanieh[?]. The Turkish forces of Selim I defeat the main Mameluk army in Egypt under Touman Bey. February 3 - Capture of Cairo by the Turks First contact of organized western merchants with China. August 15 - Portuguese merchant Fernao Pires de Andrade met Chinese officials through a interpreter at Pearl River[?] estuary and landed at Hong Kong. October 31 - Martin Luther posts his 95 theses in Wittenberg Conquest of Riazan[?] by Grand Prince Vasili III of Muscovy Births Emperor Ogimachi of Japan Deaths March 26 - Heinrich Isaac, composer Fra Bartolommeo, Florentine[?] artist
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