1515

1515 (MDXV) was a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar, the 1515th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 515th year of the 2nd millennium, the 15th year of the 16th century, and the 6th year of the 1510s decade. As of the start of 1515, the Gregorian calendar was 10 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	15th century – 16th century – 17th century
Decades:	1480s  1490s  1500s  – 1510s –  1520s  1530s  1540s
Years:	1512 1513 1514 – 1515 – 1516 1517 1518

1515 in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	1515 MDXV
Ab urbe condita	2268
Armenian calendar	964 ԹՎ ՋԿԴ
Assyrian calendar	6265
Balinese saka calendar	1436–1437
Bengali calendar	922
Berber calendar	2465
English Regnal year	6 Hen. 8 – 7 Hen. 8
Buddhist calendar	2059
Burmese calendar	877
Byzantine calendar	7023–7024
Chinese calendar	甲きのえ戌いぬ年とし (Wood Dog) 4211 or 4151     — to — 乙おつ亥年いどし (Wood Pig) 4212 or 4152
Coptic calendar	1231–1232
Discordian calendar	2681
Ethiopian calendar	1507–1508
Hebrew calendar	5275–5276
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	1571–1572
- Shaka Samvat	1436–1437
- Kali Yuga	4615–4616
Holocene calendar	11515
Igbo calendar	515–516
Iranian calendar	893–894
Islamic calendar	920–921
Japanese calendar	Eishō 12 (永えい正ただし１２年ねん)
Javanese calendar	1432–1433
Julian calendar	1515 MDXV
Korean calendar	3848
Minguo calendar	397 before ROC 民みん前まえ397年ねん
Nanakshahi calendar	47
Thai solar calendar	2057–2058
Tibetan calendar	阳木狗いぬ年ねん (male Wood-Dog) 1641 or 1260 or 488     — to — 阴木猪いのしし年ねん (female Wood-Pig) 1642 or 1261 or 489

Events

• January 25 – Coronation of Francis I of France
• August 25 – Conquistador Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar founds Havana, Cuba.

Births

for more information, see Category:1515 births.

• September 22 – Anne of Cleves

Deaths

for more information, see Category:1515 deaths.