1514
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| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 15th century – 16th century – 17th century |
| Decades: | 1480s 1490s 1500s – 1510s – 1520s 1530s 1540s |
| Years: | 1511 1512 1513 – 1514 – 1515 1516 1517 |
| 1514 in topic: |
| Subjects: Archaeology – Architecture – Art – |
| Literature – Music – Poetry – Science |
| Leaders: State leaders – Colonial governors |
| Category: Establishments – Disestablishments |
| Births – Deaths – Works |
Year 1514 (MDXIV) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
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[edit] Events of 1514
[edit] January–June
- March 12 – A huge exotic embassy sent by King Manuel I of Portugal to Pope Leo X defiles in Rome.
- March – Louis XII of France makes peace with Emperor Maximilian.
- May 15 – Jodocus Badius Ascensius publishes Christiern Pedersen's Latin version of Saxo’s Gesta Danorum, the oldest known version of that work.
[edit] July–December
- July – Peace is declared between England and France.
- August 23 – Battle of Chaldiran: Selim I crushes the Persian army of Shah Ismail I.
- September 8 – Battle of Orsha: In one of the biggest battles of the century, the Belarusians and Poles defeat the Russian army.
- September 15 – Thomas Wolsey is appointed Archbishop of York.
- October 9 – Louis XII of France and Mary Tudor are married.
[edit] Undated
- Albrecht Dürer makes his famous engraving Melencolia I.
[edit] Births
| Gregorian calendar | 1514 MDXIV |
| Ab urbe condita | 2267 |
| Armenian calendar | 963 ԹՎ ՋԿԳ |
| Bahá'í calendar | -330 – -329 |
| Berber calendar | 2464 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2058 |
| Burmese calendar | 876 |
| Byzantine calendar | 7022 – 7023 |
| Chinese calendar | 癸酉年十二月初六日 (4150/4210-12-6) — to —
甲戌年十二月十六日(4151/4211-12-16) |
| Coptic calendar | 1230 – 1231 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1506 – 1507 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5274 – 5275 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1569 – 1570 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1436 – 1437 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4615 – 4616 |
| Holocene calendar | 11514 |
| Iranian calendar | 892 – 893 |
| Islamic calendar | 919 – 920 |
| Japanese calendar | Eishō 11 (永正11年) |
| Korean calendar | 3847 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2057 |
- February 16 – Georg Joachim Rheticus, cartographer and scientific instrument maker (d. 1574)
- March 8 – Amago Haruhisa, Japanese samurai and warlord (d. 1562)
- June 16 – John Cheke, English classical scholar and statesman (d. 1557)
- December – Henry, Duke of Cornwall, third son of Henry VIII of England, stillborn
- December 31 – Vesalius, Flemish anatomist (d. 1564)
- date unknown
- Hosokawa Harumoto, Japanese military leader (d. 1563)
- George Gordon, 4th Earl of Huntly, Scottish nobleman (d. 1562)
- Shimazu Takahisa, Japanese samurai and warlord (d. 1571)
- See also Category: 1514 births.
[edit] Deaths
- January 2 – William Smyth, English bishop and statesman (b. 1460)
- January 9 – Anne of Brittany, queen of Charles VIII of France and Louis XII of France (b. 1477)
- March 11 – Donato Bramante, Italian architect (b. 1444)
- May 3 – Anna of Brandenburg, queen consort of Denmark (b. 1487)
- June 23 – Henry IV, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (b. 1463)
- October 25 – William Elphinstone, Scottish bishop and statesman (b. 1431)
- November 28 – Hartmann Schedel, cartographer (b. 1440)
- December – Henry, Duke of Cornwall, third son of Henry VIII of England (stillborn)
- See also Category: 1514 deaths.