Deaths on August 2

Andrew Barton (privateer)

Died on August 2, 1511

Andrew Barton, Scottish admiral (b. 1466)

Sir Andrew Barton (c. 1466 – 2 August 1511) was a Scottish sailor from Leith. He gained notoriety as a privateer, making raids against Portuguese ships. He was killed in battle and memorialised in English and Scottish folk songs.

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Events on 1511

15 Aug

Capture of Malacca (1511)
Afonso de Albuquerque of Portugal conquers Malacca, the capital of the Malacca Sultanate.
17 Nov

War of the League of Cambrai
Henry VIII of England concluded the Treaty of Westminster, a pledge of mutual aid against the French, with Ferdinand II of Aragon.