Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	15th century – 16th century – 17th century
Decades:	1480s 1490s 1500s – 1510s – 1520s 1530s 1540s
Years:	1510 1511 1512 1513 1514 1515 1516 1517 1518 1519
Categories:	Births – Deaths – Architecture Establishments – Disestablishments

The 1510s decade ran from January 1, 1510, to December 31, 1519.

[edit] Events and trends

• Peter Henlein invented and created the first pocket watch.
• Belarusians and Poles defeat the Russian army in the Battle of Orsha
• Martin Luther posted his 95 Theses on the door of the Wittenberg Castle Church (Schlosskirche), beginning the Protestant Reformation.
• Selim I, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, conquered Palestine and Egypt, and declared himself Caliph.
• Hernán Cortés landed in Mexico.
• Ferdinand Magellan left Europe in an attempt to circumnavigate the world. While he would die en route, some of his crewmen would complete the trip.
• The first known official diplomatic mission of a European power to China, commissioned by Manuel I of Portugal, was carried by Fernao Pires de Andrade.

[edit] World leaders

• King Ferdinand II of Aragon (1479–1516)
• King Louis XII of France (1498–1515)
• Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor (1493–1519)
• Sultan Selim I (1465–1520)
• King James IV of Scotland (1488–1513)
• King Henry VIII of England