Editing 1515 (section)

=== January&ndash;March ===
* [[January 1]] &ndash; [[Louis XII of France|King Louis XII]] of [[France]] dies of severe [[gout]] after a reign of 14 years, and his son-in-law, [[Francis I of France|François]], inherits the throne.
* [[January 25]] &ndash; François, is [[Coronation of the French monarch|crowned]] [[King of France]] in the [[Cathedral of Reims]], with his wife [[Claude of France|Claude]], daughter of the late King Louis XII, crowned as Queen consort.<ref>{{cite book|author=R. J. Knecht|title=Renaissance Warrior and Patron: The Reign of Francis I|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zGvoIW6Y_xAC&pg=PA9|year=1994|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-0-521-57885-1|pages=9}}</ref> 
* [[February 8]] &ndash; King Henry VIII of England opens the English Parliament. Henry's chief advisor, Sir [[Thomas Nevill]], is elected [[Speaker of the House of Commons (United Kingdom)|Speaker of the House of Commons]]
* [[February 11]] &ndash; [[George of Kratovo]], a silversmith in [[Serbia]], becomes a martyr to the Christian faith as he is burned to death on a [[pyre]] for refusing to convert to [[Islam]]. 
* [[March 3]] &ndash; [[Mary Tudor, Queen of France|Mary Tudor]], sister of King Henry VIII of England and widow of King Louis XII of France, is secretly married to [[Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk|the Duke of Suffolk]] in the presence of the new King of France, Francois.<ref>Weir, Alison. ''Britain's Royal Families: The Complete Genealogy'' p. 152 London: Random House, 2011</ref>
* [[March 4]] &ndash; [[Dukaginzade Ahmed Pasha]], who was appointed as [[List of Ottoman grand viziers|Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire]] less than three months earlier, is executed by order of the Sultan [[Selim I]], and is replaced by his predecessor, [[Hersekzade Ahmed Pasha]].
* [[March 12]] &ndash; In Italy, [[Costanzo II Sforza]], Lord of Pesaro, is mortally wounded by a gunshot from an [[arquebus]] rifle while traveling with [[Maximilian Sforza]], [[Duke of Milan]]. He dies a little more than a month later, on April 14.
* [[March 31]] &ndash;
**[[Pope Leo X]] issues a [[papal bull]], at the suggestion of the German cardinal [[Albert of Brandenburg]], providing for a special [[indulgence]] on worshipers in four Roman Catholic [[diocese]]s in order to pay for construction of [[St. Peter's Basilica]] in Rome, with half to be paid to Albert for services.<ref>Christiane Schuchard: ''What is an indulgence commissioner?''; in: ed. H. Kühne, ''Johann Tetzel and the indulgence: Companion volume to the exhibition »Tetzel - indulgence - purgatory«''; exhibition in [[St. Nikolai church (Jüterbog)]] and in the monks' monastery; ISBN 978-3-86732-262-1 publisher Lukas Verlag, July 2017, p. 122</ref> 
**Multiple acts of the English parliament are given [[royal assent]] by King Henryv VIII, including the [[Deepening River at Canterbury Act 1514]], the [[Thames Watermen Act 1514]], and the Felons and Murderers Act 1514.