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Categories: 1511

1511

Years: 1508 1509 1510 - 1511 - 1512 1513 1514
Decades: 1480s 1490s 1500s - 1510s - 1520s 1530s 1540s
Centuries: 15th century - 16th century - 17th century

Events

Diego Velázquez and Hernán Cortés conquer Cuba; Velázquez appointed Governor.
August 24 - Alfonso de Albuquerque of Portugal conquers the Sultanate of Malacca.
St John's College, Cambridge founded by Lady Margaret Beaufort.

Births

November 15 - Johannes Secundus, Dutch poet
Kimotsuki Kanetsugu, Japanese samurai and daimyo
Nicola Vicentino, Italian music theorist and composer

Deaths

September 6 - Ashikaga Yoshizumi, Ashikaga shogun

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