1511

Year 1511 was a  (link will display the full calendar) of the.

Events of 1511

 * - of  conquers Malacca, the capital of the . The Sultanate then establishes rule from Johor, starting decades of skirmishes against the Portuguese to regain the fallen city. Malacca was the first city in South East Asia to be taken by a western nation, and it only gained home rule in 1957 when it becomes part of Malaysia.
 * November - The creates an alliance between  and  against France.

Undated

 * and conquer ; Velázquez appointed Governor.
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 * sailor from thought to have possibly travelled to.
 * indigenous uprising in southwestern near.
 * begins.


 * First Arrival of black slaves in Colombia

Births

 * -, eldest son of
 * -, Florentine architect and sculptor (died )
 * -, Italian painter and architect (died )
 * -, consort of Christian III from 1525 and Queen of Denmark and Norway (died )
 * -, Spanish theologian (died )
 * -, German astronomer and mathematician (died )
 * -, Dutch poet (died )
 * date unknown
 * , one of the first Jesuits (died )
 * , Japanese samurai and warlord (died )
 * , Portuguese Jewish physician (died )
 * , Italian music theorist and composer (died )
 * , Swiss reformed theologian (died )
 * , Spanish viceroy of New Spain (died )


 * See also .

Deaths

 * -, eldest son of
 * -, Scottish naval leader (born c. )
 * -, Japanese shogun (born )
 * date unknown
 * , Spanish mystic
 * , Greek classical scholar (born )
 * , French-speaking Fleming in the courts of Burgundy and France (born )
 * , Spanish conquistador and explorer
 * , German cartographer and humanist poet (born )
 * , Flemish composer and music theorist (born c.)
 * probable
 * , French composer (born c.)


 * See also .