1518
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| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 15th century – 16th century – 17th century |
| Decades: | 1480s 1490s 1500s – 1510s – 1520s 1530s 1540s |
| Years: | 1515 1516 1517 – 1518 – 1519 1520 1521 |
| 1518 in topic: |
| Subjects: Archaeology – Architecture – Art – |
| Literature – Music – Poetry – Science |
| Leaders: State leaders – Colonial governors |
| Category: Establishments – Disestablishments |
| Births – Deaths – Works |
Year 1518 (MDXVIII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
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[edit] Events of 1518
[edit] January–June
- April 18 – Bona Sforza is crowned as Queen of Poland.
[edit] July–December
- July – Dancing Plague of 1518, a case of dancing mania in Strasbourg in which many people died from constant dancing.
- October 3 – The Treaty of London temporarily ensures peace in Western Europe.
[edit] Undated
- A plague of tropical fire ants devastates crops on Hispaniola.
- The Manchester Grammar School opens.
- The African slave trade begins.
[edit] Births
| Gregorian calendar | 1518 MDXVIII |
| Ab urbe condita | 2271 |
| Armenian calendar | 967 ԹՎ ՋԿԷ |
| Bahá'í calendar | -326 – -325 |
| Berber calendar | 2468 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2062 |
| Burmese calendar | 880 |
| Byzantine calendar | 7026 – 7027 |
| Chinese calendar | 丁丑年十二月二十日 (4154/4214-12-20) — to —
戊寅年十一月廿九日(4155/4215-11-29) |
| Coptic calendar | 1234 – 1235 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1510 – 1511 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5278 – 5279 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1573 – 1574 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1440 – 1441 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4619 – 4620 |
| Holocene calendar | 11518 |
| Iranian calendar | 896 – 897 |
| Islamic calendar | 923 – 924 |
| Japanese calendar | Eishō 15 (永正15年) |
| Korean calendar | 3851 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2061 |
- April 22 – Antoine de Bourbon, father of Henry IV of France (d. 1610)
- August 8 – Conrad Lycosthenes, humanist and encyclopedist (d. 1561)
- September 29 – Tintoretto, Italian painter (d. 1594)
- date unknown
- James Halyburton, Scottish reformer (d. 1589)
- Hubert Languet, French diplomat and reformer (d. 1581)
- Edmund Plowden, English legal scholar (d. 1585)
- Li Shizhen, Chinese physician, pharmacologist, and mineralogist (d. 1593)
- See also Category: 1518 births.
[edit] Deaths
- August 16 – Loyset Compère, French composer (b. c. 1445)
- August 27 – Joan of Naples, queen consort of Naples (b. 1478)
- November 20
- Marmaduke Constable, English soldier (b. c. 1455)
- Pierre de La Rue, Flemish composer (b. c. 1452)
- November 24 – Vannozza dei Cattanei, mistress of Pope Alexander VI (b. 1442)
- December 5 – Gian Giacomo Trivulzio, military commander (b. c. 1440)
- date unknown
- Moxammat Amin of Kazan, khan of Kazan (b. c. 1469)
- Kabir, Indian mystic (b. 1440)
- Aruj, Ottoman Corsair, brother of Khair ad-Din
- Muhammad ibn Azhar ad-Din, sultan of Adal (assassinated) (b. c. 1473)
- See also Category: 1518 deaths.
