Decades: 1460s 1470s 1480s 1490s 1500s - 1510s - 1520s 1530s 1540s 1550s 1560s
Years: 1507 1508 1509 1510 1511 - 1512 - 1513 1514 1515 1516 1517
Events April 11 - Battle of Ravenna. French forces under Gaston de Foix, Duc de Nemours defeat the Spanish under Raymond of Cardona, but Gaston is killed in the pursuit. November 1 - The ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, painted by Michelangelo, is exhibited to the public for the first time. Selim I succeeds Beyazid II as Sultan of the Ottoman Empire Moldavia is conquered by the Turks Copernicus writes Commentariolus and moves the sun to the center of the solar system Battle of Ravenna First use of the word "masque" to denote a poetic drama Births April 10/April 11 - Prince James Stuart, later King James V of Scotland. Catherine Parr, later sixth Queen consort of King Henry VIII of England. Abati, italian artist Deaths Amerigo Vespucci (born 1451)\n