What happened in 1511?
29 recorded events in 1511, including 13 in people, 5 in wars & conflicts and 4 in architecture & engineering.
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Wars & Conflicts 5
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Capture of Malacca
1511 Portuguese military conquest
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Siege of Venlo
1511 siege
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Siege of Trévise
1511 siege
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Battle of Ab Darrah Pass
1511 battle during Timurid-Uzbek wars
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Battle of Knock Mary
1511 battle
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People 13
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Alexander I of Kakheti died
King of Kakheti in eastern Georgia 1476–1511
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Johannes Tinctoris died
Flemish composer
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Nicolás de Ovando died
Spanish explorer, colonial governors
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Diego de Nicuesa died
Spanish governor of Panama (1464-1511)
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Diego Salcedo died
Spanish explorer
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Alonso Vélez de Mendoza died
Alonso Vélez de Mendoza (Exploration & Discovery).
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Girolamo Donati died
Venetian scholar and politician
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Giorgio Vasari born
Born in Arezzo. Italian painter, architect, writer and historian (1511-1574).
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Michael Servetus born
Born in Villanueva de Sigena. Spanish physician and theologian.
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Francisco de Orellana born
Born in Trujillo. Spanish explorer and conquistador.
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Oda Nobuhide born
Born in Owari Province. A warlord and magistrate of lower Owari Province during the Sengoku period of Japan.
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Francisco López de Gómara born
Born in Gómara. Spanish historian.
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Nicolás de Ovando died
Died in Seville. Spanish explorer, colonial governors.
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Exploration & Discovery 1
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Saint Peter and Saint Paul Archipelago
Brazilian archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean
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Religion & Belief Systems 1
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Iskender Bey Mosque
Building in Municipality of Pella, Central Macedonia, Greece
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Social Movements & Revolutions 2
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Şahkulu Revolt
1511 uprising against the Ottomans
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Spanish–Taíno War of San Juan–Borikén
Taíno rebellion of 1511 in Puerto Rico
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Architecture & Engineering 4
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Iglesia de la Concepción
San Cristóbal de La Laguna
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Church of former Augustinian monastery
Cultural property in Huécija, Spain
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Oratorio di San Rocco
Church building in Siena, Italy
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San Dalmazio
Church in Volterra
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Empires & Countries 3
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Khanate of Khiva founded
Khanate of Khiva was founded, with its capital at Konye-Urgench.
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Malacca sultanate dissolved
Malacca sultanate ceased to exist, having been centered at Malacca.
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Portuguese Malacca founded
Portuguese Malacca was founded.
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