Year 1510 (MDX) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events January–June January – Catherine of Aragon gives birth to her first child, a stillborn daughter. January 23 – An 18-year-old Henry VIII of England jousts anonymously at Richmond, Surrey and draws applause, before revealing his identity. February 27–November 25 – Portuguese conquest of Goa: Afonso de Albuquerque of Portugal conquers Goa. March 1 – Battle of Salt River: Indigenous ǃUriǁʼaekua decisively defeat sailors of the Portuguese Empire in South Africa. May 12 – The Prince of Anhua rebellion begins when Zhu Zhifan, Prince of Anhua, kills all the officials invited to a banquet, and declares his intent on ousting the powerful Ming dynasty eunuch Liu Jin, during the reign of the Zhengde Emperor in China. May 30 – Rebel leader Zhu Zhifan is defeated and captured by commander Qiu Yue, ending the Prince of Anhua rebellion. July–December July – The Holy League, formed to defend the Italian States, attacks French-occupied Genoa. The 1510 influenza pandemic reaches Sicily, where it is nicknamed coccolucio, before spreading to the Italian states and the rest of Europe. August 10 – The Royal Dano-Norwegian Navy is founded. October 16 – Mingyi Nyo declares independence from the Ava Kingdom in upper Burma, by establishing the Toungoo dynasty. December 2 – Battle of Marv: Shah Ismail I's defeats the Uzbek forces of Shaybani Khan, in Khorasan. Shaybani flees the battle only to be captured and killed by Ismail I troops, his head is turned into a Skull cup used as a drinking goblet. Date Unknown The Grand Prince of Moscow Vasili III conquers Pskov. Sir Thomas More becomes undersheriff of the City of London. Paolo Cortese publishes De Cardinalatu, a manual for cardinals, including advice on palatial architecture – which inspires Thomas Wolsey in his construction work at Hampton Court Palace. Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa moves to Italy. Sunflowers are brought to Europe. The Mary Rose ship is laid out. The next year the ship is built and complete in 1512. By the time the battle sank the ship in England. Births February 24 – Costanzo II Sforza, Italian noble (d. 1512) March 25 – Guillaume Postel, French linguist (d. 1581) March 30 – Antonio de Cabezón, Spanish composer and organist (d. 1566) June 6 – Giovanni Battista Cicala, Italian Catholic cardinal (d. 1570) June 22 –