    __notoc__ year 1512 (mdxii) was a leap year starting on thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the julian calendar. == events == === january&ndash;june === * middle of january &ndash; after regent of sweden svante nilsson has died on january 2, eric trolle is elected new regent of sweden. he is however ousted after only six months. * february 18 &ndash; war of the league of cambrai: sack of brescia by the french. * april 11 &ndash; war of the league of cambrai: battle of ravenna: french forces under gaston de foix, duc de nemours defeat the spanish under raymond of cardona, but gaston is killed in the pursuit. * may 3 &ndash; the fifth council of the lateran starts. * may 23 &ndash; selim i succeeds bayezid ii as sultan of the ottoman empire. === july&ndash;december === * july 23 &ndash; sten sture the younger is elected new regent of sweden, thus deposing eric trolle from the post. * august 10 &ndash; war of the league of cambrai: english naval victory at the battle of saint-mathieu over the french-breton fleet. both navies use ships firing cannon through ports, and each loses its principal ship â regent and marie-la-cordeliÃ¨re â through a large explosion aboard the latter. * summer &ndash; war of the league of cambrai: ferdinand ii of aragon sends don fadrique de toledo to complete the spanish conquest of iberian navarre. * october 19 &ndash; martin luther becomes a doctor of theology (doctor in biblia). * october 21 &ndash; martin luther joins the theological faculty of the university of wittenberg. * november 1 &ndash; the ceiling of the sistine chapel, painted by michelangelo buonarroti, is exhibited to the public for the first time. === date unknown === * antÃ³nio de abreu discovers timor island and reaches banda islands, ambon island and seram. * francisco serrÃ£o reaches the moluccas. * juan ponce de leÃ³n discovers the turks and caicos islands. * pedro mascarenhas discovers diego garcia and reaches mauritius in the mascarene islands. * moldavia becomes a vassal of the turkish empire, on the same conditions as wallachia: the voivode will be designated by the turks, but will be of the orthodox faith. also, the turks are not allowed to build mosques, to be buried, to own land or to settle in the country. * the florentine republic is dismantled and the [[me
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