Editing 1518 (section)

=== October&ndash;December ===
* [[October 3]] &ndash; The [[Treaty of London (1518)|Treaty of London]] temporarily ensures peace in Western Europe.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Scarisbrick |first1=John Joseph |title=Henry VIII |date=1968 |publisher=University of California Press |location=Berkley |isbn=978-0-520-01130-4 |page=73 |url=https://archive.org/details/henryviii00scar/page/72/mode/2up?q=%223+october%22 |access-date=21 July 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Henry VIII: October 1518, 1-15 |url=https://www.british-history.ac.uk/letters-papers-hen8/vol2/pp1371-1383 |website=www.british-history.ac.uk |access-date=21 July 2023}}</ref>
* [[November 13]] &ndash; [[Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar]], the [[List of colonial governors of Cuba|Spanish Colonial Governor]] of [[Cuba]], is granted the office of [[Captaincy General of Yucatán|Captain General]] of [[Yucatán]], which comprises southern Mexico.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Chamberlain|first1=Robert S.|date=1948|title=The Conquest and Colonization of Yucatan 1517–1550|publisher=Carnegie Institution of Washington|place=Washington, DC|series=Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication|volume=582|hdl=2027/mdp.39015014584406}}</ref> Velázquez is also granted the exclusive right to conquer and colonize the new Yucatan Province, but turns the rights over to [[Francisco de Montejo]] in 1526.
* [[December 7]] &ndash; The [[Deccan sultanates]] in southern India of [[Ahmadnagar Sultanate|Ahmadnagar]], [[Berar sultanate|Berar]], [[Bidar Sultanate|Bidar]], [[Sultanate of Bijapur|Bijapur]], and [[Sultanate of Golconda|Golconda]] formally declare their independence from the [[Bahmani Sultanate]].<ref>{{cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.68551|title=The Bahmanis of the Deccan – An Objective Study |last=Sherwani |first=Haroon Khan |year=1946 |author-link=Haroon Khan Sherwani|publisher=Krishnavas International Printers, Hyderabad Deccan |oclc=3971780|page=386}}</ref>