阴火牛年 (female Fire-Ox) 1644 or 1263 or 491 — to — 阳土虎年 (male Earth-Tiger) 1645 or 1264 or 492
Year 1518 (MDXVIII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Within much of Christian Europe, New Year's Day was celebrated on January 1, the rule in the Roman Empire since 45 BC, and in 1518, the year ran from January 1, 1518 to December 31, 1518. In England (until 1752) and Scandinavia, the year ran from the Feast of the Annunciation (March 25, 1518) to March 24, 1519; and in France (funtil 1565) from Easter Sunday (April 4, 1518) to April 23, 1519. For instance, the will of Leonardo da Vinci, drafted in Amboise on 23 April 1519, shows the legend "Given on the 23rd of April 1518, before Easter".[1]* See Wikisource "1911 Encyclopædia Britannica/Easter".
March 22 – King Charles of Spain gives his approval for the Magellan expedition, initially for the purpose of finding a westward route from Spain to the "Spice Islands" (now the Maluku Islands in Indonesia), to avoid the more frequently-used eastward route around Africa. Veteran seaman Ferdinand Magellan and navigator Rui Faleiro, both of Portugal, had turned to Spain to fund the expedition after being refused by King Manuel of Portugal. The voyage proves to be further than expected and becomes the first to sail around the world.[5]
May 3 – Girjalva and his crew become the first Europeans to find Cozumel in Mexico.[6]
May 9 – A fleet of four Portuguese ships, commanded by João da Silveira from Portuguese India, arrived in Chittagong (now part of Bangladesh, but at the time part of the Sultanate of Bengal), reputed to be the wealthiest region in the Indian subcontinent.[9]
June 8 – The Girjalva expedition brings the first Europeans to the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico, arriving at what is now the Tabasco state.[6]
July–September
July 14 – Dancing plague of 1518: A case of dancing mania breaks out in Strasbourg as a woman identified as "Frau Troffea" begins constant dancing that lasts for six days, after which fellow residents begin to join in.[13] According to some historians, several people die from constant dancing.[14]
August 28 – King Charles of Spain issues a charter authorizing the transportation of slaves directly from Africa to the Spanish Americas. His decision changes the nature and scale of the transatlantic slave trade.[16]
^Yılmaz, Mehmed, "Mehmed Paşa (Piri)", (1999) Yaşamları ve Yapıtlarıyla Osmanlılar Ansiklopedisi, İstanbul:Yapı Kredi Kültür Sanat Yayıncılık A.Ş. C.2 s.164 ISBN 975-08-0072-9
^Martin Brecht, Martin Luther, Volume 1, His path to the Reformation 1483–1521 (Stuttgart: Calwer Verlag, 1981) p. 199
^Joyner, Tim (1992). Magellan. International Marine. pp. 87, 296–298. OCLC25049890.
^ abcCabrera Bernat Ciprián Aurelio. Viajeros en Tabasco: Textos. Texto 1: Juan Díaz, "Itinerario de la Armanda" (Government of the State of Tabasco, 1987. ISBN 968-889-107-x. pp=25
^Chamberlain, Robert S. (1948). The Conquest and Colonization of Yucatan 1517–1550. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication. Vol. 582. Washington, DC: Carnegie Institution of Washington. hdl:2027/mdp.39015014584406.
^Gerlich, Fritz; Bettelheim, Anton; Wegele, Franz X. von; Liliencron, Rochus (1881). Allgemeine deutsche Biographie. Vol. 13. Duncker & Humblot. p. 58. Retrieved July 21, 2023.
^Syed, Muzaffar Husain; Akhtar, Syed Saud; Usmani, B. D. (September 14, 2011). Concise History of Islam. Vij Books India Pvt Ltd. p. 453. ISBN978-93-82573-47-0. Retrieved July 21, 2023.