Editing 1515 (section)

=== April&ndash;June ===
* [[April 1]] &ndash; The Portuguese Navy, led by [[Afonso de Albuquerque]], [[Portuguese conquest of Hormuz|conquers the strategic Hormuz Island]] as King Turan Shah and his prime minister, Rais Nureddin invited Albuquerque to land his forces and formally take possession of Hormuz.<ref>[[Elaine Sanceau]] (1936), [https://archive.org/details/IndiesAdventure/page/n51 ''Indies Adventure: The Amazing Career of Afonso de Albuquerque, Captain-general and Governor of India (1509–1515)''], p. 268</ref>   
* [[April 15]] &ndash; The Emirate of [[Oman]], ruled by Muhammad bin Ismail, becomes a [[protectorate]] of Portugal.   
* [[April 17]] &ndash; [[Mehmed I Giray]] becomes the new ruler of the Tatar [[Crimean Khanate]] (in what is now Russian-occupied Ukraine) upon the death of his father, [[Meñli I Giray]]. 
* [[April 23]] &ndash; In Portuguese-occupied Morocco, the Governor of [[Safi, Morocco|Safi]], [[:pt:Nuno Fernandes de Ataíde|Nuno Fernandes de Ataíde]], conducts [[Raid of Marrakesh (1515)|an unsuccessful attack]] on [[Marrakesh]], and is forced to retreat by defenders led by the Emir Nasr ibn Chentaf al-Hintati.
* [[May 13]] &ndash; [[Mary Tudor, Queen of France]], and [[Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk]], are officially married at [[Greenwich]] (near London).<ref>{{cite book|author=British Library|title=Henry VIII: Man and Monarch|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=J1YNAQAAMAAJ|year=2009|publisher=British Library|isbn=978-0-7123-5025-9|page=84}}</ref>
* [[May 20]] &ndash; "Ulysses", the first known [[rhinoceros]] in [[Europe]], arrives at [[Lisbon]] in [[Portugal]] after being brought by ship from India.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Kuntz |first=Joelle |date=18 December 2015 |title=1515, l'année du rhinocéros |language=fr |work=[[Le Temps]] |url=https://www.letemps.ch/culture/1515-lannee-rhinoceros |access-date=29 October 2022 |issn=1423-3967}}</ref>
* [[June 13]] &ndash; [[Battle of Turnadag]]: The army of Ottoman sultan [[Selim I]] defeats the [[beylik of Dulkadir]] under [[Bozkurt of Dulkadir]].