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1517 Calendar

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•  August 15, 1517 – Seven Portuguese armed vessels led by Fernão Pires de Andrade meet Chinese officials at the Pearl River estuary.
•  October 31, 1517 – Protestant Reformation: Martin Luther posts his 95 theses on the door of the Castle Church in Wittenberg.

•  June 18, 1517 – Emperor Ogimachi of Japan (d. 1593)
•  June 29, 1517 – Rembert Dodoens, Flemish physician (d. 1585)
•  July 10, 1517 – Odet de Coligny, French cardinal and Protestant (d. 1571)
•  August 20, 1517 – Antoine Perrenot de Granvelle, French church leader (d. 1586)
•  October 18, 1517 – Manoel da Nóbrega, Portuguese Jesuit missionary (d. 1570)