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=== July&ndash;September ===
* [[July 4]] &ndash; King [[James V of Scotland]] opens the Scottish Parliament at Edinburgh.
* [[July 28]] &ndash; [[Selim I]] of the [[Ottoman Empire]] captures the city of [[Malatya]] (located in what is now southeastern Turkey) as the first conquest in his  [[Ottoman–Mamluk War (1516–17)|war]] against the [[Mamluk Sultanate (Cairo)|Mamluk Sultanate of Egypt]] and then proceeds to invade [[Syria]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Mauder |first1=Christian |title=In the Sultan's Salon: Learning, Religion, and Rulership at the Mamluk Court of Qāniṣawh al-Ghawrī (r. 1501–1516) |date=4 June 2021 |publisher=Brill |isbn=978-90-04-44421-8 |pages=98–99 |chapter-url=https://brill.com/display/book/9789004444218/BP000002.xml |access-date=17 July 2023 |language=en |chapter=Historical Context and State of Research}}</ref>
* [[July 30]] &ndash; [[John V, Count of Nassau-Siegen]] dies in [[Siegen]], now in Germany, leaving his realm to be divided by his two sons. The transition is smooth because of a 1509 agreement between [[Henry III of Nassau-Breda]] and [[William I of Nassau-Dillenburg]]. William receives all of John V's possessions in Germany, while Henry inherits those in the [[Low Countries]].<ref>{{Cite book |title=Nederlandse historische bronnen 4 · dbnl |last=Kluiver |first=J.H. |publisher=DBNL |date=1984 |access-date=15 August 2022 |url=https://www.dbnl.org/tekst/_ned017198401_01/_ned017198401_01_0002.php |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20220815191551/https://www.dbnl.org/tekst/_ned017198401_01/_ned017198401_01_0002.php|archivedate=2022-08-15 |language=nl |page=9}}</ref>
* [[August 13]] &ndash; The [[Treaty of Noyon]] is signed. [[Francis I of France|King François I]] of France recognizes [[Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor|Charles I of Spain]]'s claim to [[Naples]], and Charles recognizes Francis's claim to [[Milan]]. The treaty also promised [[Louise of France (1515–1518)|Louise of France]] to Charles.<ref>{{cite book |title=Collection des ordonnances des rois de France: Catalogue des actes de François Ier |date=1887 |publisher=Imprimerie nationale |location=Pairs |page=85 |url=https://archive.org/details/collectiondesord01acad/page/84/mode/2up?q=%2213+aout%22 |access-date=17 July 2023}}</ref>
* [[August 18]] &ndash; King [[Francis I of France]] and [[Pope Leo X]] sign the [[Concordat of Bologna]], agreeing on the relationship between church and state in France.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Knecht |first1=R. J. |title=Francis I |date=26 April 1984 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=978-0-521-27887-4 |page=55 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rvEBMIIcHQkC&dq=%2218+august+1516%22+Concordat+of+Bologna&pg=PA55 |access-date=17 July 2023 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[August 24]] &ndash; [[Ottoman–Mamluk War (1516–17)]]: The Ottoman Sultan [[Selim I]] defeats the Mamluk forces commanded by the sultan [[Al-Ashraf Qansuh al-Ghuri]] in the [[Battle of Marj Dabiq]], bringing all of the Middle East.<ref>{{cite book |title=Journal of the American Research Center in Egypt |date=1978 |volume=15|publisher=American Research Center in Egypt |page=80 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BbTiAAAAMAAJ&q=%2224%20august%201516%22 |access-date=17 July 2023 |language=en}}</ref> The Mamluk Sultan, [[Al-Ashraf Qansuh al-Ghuri]], is killed while leading his troops in the battle, and Prime Minister [[Tuman Bay II|Al-Ashraf Tuman Bay]], who was left in charge in Cairo by the Sultan Qansuh, becomes the Sultan of Egypt, the last remaining part of the [[Mamluk Sultanate]].
*[[September 16]] &ndash; German theologian [[Andreas Karlstadt]] completes his series of 151 theses, an attack against corruption in the Roman Catholic Church.<ref>{{cite EB1911|wstitle=Carlstadt|volume=5|pages=348–349}}</ref>
*[[September 17]] &ndash; Baased in [[Kamaran]], an island in the [[Red Sea]], the Mamluk Egyptian Admiral [[Selman Reis]] leads of fleet 19 ships in an unsuccessful attempt to take [[Yemen]] and [[Aden]].<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=Ovg_RQlklU4C&pg=PA321 ''An Economic and Social History of the Ottoman Empire'', Volume 1], by Halil İnalcik p.321''ff''</ref>