15 events the sources record for this year, grouped by region.
What happened
China (1)
The Little Prince invaded Yanghe and plundered Yingzhou; the emperor commanded in person and fought for five days (Battle of Yingzhou). (History of Ming (Mingshi), Annals 明史 卷16 正德十二年)
Babur brought Muhammad-i-Zaman Mirza to Kabul and married him to his daughter Masum. (Baburnama (Memoirs of Babur) Beveridge 영역 1권, 923 AH 부분, 원문 파일 910행 부근)
Attempt to take Kandahar; he returned in vain due to illness. (Baburnama (Memoirs of Babur) Beveridge 영역 1권, 923 AH 부분, 원문 파일 27036행 부근)
Sub-Saharan Africa (1)
Askia sends his younger brother Omar to suppress Kamapatiya; Omar kills Kama (Tarikh al-Sudan (Chronicle of the Sudan) Houdas 1900 불역 장 XIII (houdas1900_fr_djvu.txt 줄 6348))
Eastern Europe & Russia (1)
After the death of Mahmet Amin, the Crimean khan intervened deeply, fearing that the Kazan princes would enthrone a man from Astrakhan as king. (Karamzin, History of the Russian State 제7권 II장)
The Americas (9)
On February 8, 1517, the Córdoba expedition sailed from the port of Acaruco on the north coast of Havana and rounded Cape San Antón after twelve days. (Bernal Díaz, True History of the Conquest of New Spain Maudslay vol.1 ch.II)
While they were getting water, a group of natives in quilted armor came along the shore from the direction of the town of Potonchán: the start of the battle of Champotón. (Bernal Díaz, True History of the Conquest of New Spain Maudslay vol.1 ch.IV)
At the estuary where they got water there were many crocodiles, so it came to be called 'Estero de los Lagartos'; the charts marked it that way too. (Bernal Díaz, True History of the Conquest of New Spain Maudslay vol.1 ch.V)
Córdoba's expedition was ambushed at dawn at Champotón (Potonchán/Champoton); 26 Spaniards were killed, and Córdoba, wounded in over 30 places, withdrew to Cuba. (Cortés, Letters from Mexico Letter 1, MacNutt vol.1 OCR line 5401)