1517: Meaning (information, definition, explanation, facts)

Events

• January 22 - Battle of Ridanieh. The Turkish forces of Selim I defeat the main Mameluk army in Egypt under Touman Bey.
• February 3 - Capture of Cairo by the Turks
• First contact of organized western merchants with China.
• August 15 - Portuguese merchant Fernao Pires de Andrade met Chinese officials through a interpreter at Pearl River estuary and landed at Hong Kong.
• October 31 - Protestant Reformation: Martin Luther posts his 95 theses on the door of the Wittenberg Castle Church.
• Conquest of Riazan by Grand Prince Vasili III of Muscovy
• Selim I, Sultan of Turkey conquers Palestine.

• Emperor Ogimachi of Japan

• March 26 - Heinrich Isaac, composer
• Fra Bartolommeo, Florentine artist