Editing 1511 (section)

=== July&ndash;September ===
* [[July 2]] &ndash; The [[Şahkulu rebellion]], which had started in [[Anatolia]] by [[Şahkulu|Sakhulu Baba]], against the [[Ottoman Empire]] on April 9, is supressed in southeastern Turkey by the Ottoman Grand Vizier, [[Hadım Ali Pasha]] and [[Şehzade Ahmed (son of Bayezid II)|Prince Şehzade Ahmed]], son of the Sultan [[Bayezid II]]. Sakhulu is subsequently beheaded.
* [[July 11]] &ndash; [[Pope Julius II]] summons Catholic clerics to meet at the [[Fifth Council of the Lateran]], directing them to meet on April 19.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Kraus |first1=Franz X. |chapter=Medicean Rome |editor1-last=Ward |editor1-first=Adolphus W. |editor2-last=Prothero |editor2-first=George W. |editor3-last=Leathes |editor3-first=Stanley Mordaunt |display-editors=1 |title=The Cambridge Modern History |location=New York; London|publisher=Macmillan|oclc=609661773|year=1907|orig-year=1904|volume=2|pages=29–30 |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Z5_tAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA1}}</ref> 
* [[July 25]] &ndash; [[Afonso de Albuquerque]] of Portugal, Governor of Portuguese India, [[Capture of Malacca (1511)|begins an assault]] on the strategic city of [[Malacca]] (now part of [[Malaysia]]) and captures it by August 15. 
* [[July 29]] &ndash; [[Henry VIII of England]]'s [[flagship]], the ''[[Mary Rose]]'', is launched from [[Portsmouth]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Marsden |first1=Peter |title=Sealed by Time: The Loss and Recovery of the Mary Rose |date=2003 |publisher=Mary Rose Trust |isbn=978-0-9544029-0-7 |pages=2–3 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JZ7fAAAAMAAJ |access-date=12 July 2023 |language=en}}</ref>
* [[August 14]] &ndash; In Rome, the completed first half of [[Michelangelo]]'s painting of Biblical scenes on the [[Sistine Chapel ceiling]] is unveiled for a select group of patrons and church officials.<ref>{{cite book|last=Goldscheider|first=Ludwig|author-link=Ludwig Goldscheider|edition=6th|year=1996|orig-year=1953|title=Michelangelo: Paintings, Sculpture, Architecture|publisher=[[Phaidon Press|Phaidon]]|url=https://archive.org/details/michelangelopain0000gold/page/n16/|isbn=978-0-7148-3296-8|pages=16–20}}</ref> The viewing is open to the public the next day.
* [[August 15]] &ndash; (21 Jumada I [[Islamic calendar|917 AH]]) [[Capture of Malacca (1511)|Capture of Malacca]]: [[Afonso de Albuquerque]] of Portugal conquers [[Malacca]], the capital of the [[Sultanate of Malacca]], giving Portugal control over the [[Strait of Malacca]], through which all sea-going trade between China and India is concentrated. The Sultanate then establishes rule from [[Johor]], starting decades of skirmishes against the Portuguese to regain the fallen city. While taking the city, the Portuguese slaughter a large community of [[Ming dynasty|Chinese]] merchants living there.<ref>Mentioned by Zhang Xie writing a century later.</ref> Malacca is the first city in [[Southeast Asia]] to be taken by a Western nation, gaining home rule only in [[1957]], when it becomes part of [[Malaysia]].
* [[September 13]] &ndash; In [[Japan]], [[Tokudaiji Saneatsu]] retires from his position as [[Daijō-daijin|Chancellor of the Realm]] (''Daijō-daijin'') after two years of leading the [[Daijō-kan|Council of State]].