
{| align=right cellpadding=3 id=toc style="margin-left: 15px;" |- | align="center" colspan=2 | Years:
1497 1498 1499 - 1500 - 1501 1502 1503 |- | align="center" colspan=2 | Decades:
1470s 1480s 1490s - 1500s - 1510s 1520s 1530s |- | align="center" | Centuries:
14th century - 15th century - 16th century |} ==Events== *Europe's population was ~60 million. (''Jackson J. Spielvogel'') *January 5 - Duke Ludovico Sforza recaptures Milan, but is soon driven out again by the French. *April 21 - Portugal navigator Pedro Álvares Cabral officially discovers Brazil and claims the land for Portugal. *November 11 - Treaty of Granada - Louis XII of France and Ferdinand II of Aragon agree to divide the Kingdom of Naples between them. *Emperor Go-Kashiwabara of Japan ascends to the throne of Japan. *Battle of Hemmingstedt: The Denmark army fails to conquer the peasants' republic of Dithmarschen. *Battle of Lepanto (1500) - The Turkish fleet of Kemal Re'is defeats the Republic of Venice. The Turks proceed to capture Modon, Lepanto, and Koron. *The Luo, a Nilotic people from modern Sudan, settle the Cwezi states, establishing the state of Buganda. (approximate date) *Diogo Dias is the first Europe to see Madagascar. ==Births== * February 24 - Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1558) * April 12 - Joachim Camerarius (d. 1574) * April 23 - Alexander Ales, Scottish theologian (d. 1565) * November 1 - Benvenuto Cellini, Italian goldsmith and sculptor (d. 1571) * Johannes Aal, Swiss theologian and composer (d. 1553) * Erasmus Alberus, German humanist (d. 1553) * John of Avila, Spanish mystic and saint * Jacques Buus, Flemish composer and organist (d. 1565) * George Cavendish, English writer (d. 1562) * Wu Cheng'en, Chinese novelist * Richard Cox (bishop), Dean of Westminster and Bishop of Ely (d. 1581) * Charles Dumoulin, French jurist (d. 1566) * Bartolomé de Escobedo, Spanish composer (d. 1563) * Heinrich Faber, German music theorist (d. 1552) * Federico II of Gonzaga, Marquis of Mantua (d. 1540) * Bernhard Knipperdolling, German religious reformer (d. 1536) * Luis de Milán, Spanish composer (d. 1561) * Francisco de Moraes, Portuguese writer (d. 1572) * Cristóbal de Morales, Spanish composer (d. 1553) * Aonio Paleario, Italian humanist and reformer (d. 1570) * Reginald Cardinal Pole, Archbishop of Canterbury (d. 1558) * Bonaventure des Périers, French author (d. 1544) * John Rogers (religious), English protestant martyr (d. 1555) * Mem de Sá, Governor-General of Brazil (d. 1572) * Maurice Scève, French poet (d. 1564) * Peder Skram, Danish senator and naval hero (d. 1581) * Johann Stumpf, Swiss writer (d. 1576) * Tielman Susato, composer (d. 1562) * Pedro de Valdivia, Spanish conquistador (d. 1554) * Juan de Valdés, Spanish religious writer (d. 1541) ==Deaths== * May 29 - Bartolomeu Dias, Portugal List of explorers who sailed around the Cape of Good Hope (born 1450) * June 19 - Edmund Tudor, Duke of Somerset (born 1499) * September 12 - Albert, Duke of Saxony * September 15 - John Morton, Archbishop of Canterbury (born 1420) * October 1 - John Alcock (bishop), England churchman (born 1430) * October 21 - Emperor Go-Tsuchimikado of Japan, 103rd Emperor of Japan of Japan (born 1442) * Juan Pérez de Gijón, Spain composer (born 1460) * Robert Henryson, Scotland poet (born 1425) * Feodor Kuritsyn, Russian statesman * Thomas Rotherham, English cleric and minister (born 1423) ==References== *Jackson J. Spielvogel -- ''Western Civilization -- Volume II: Since 1500'' (5th Edition), p.401 1500 os:1500
Note 1500 was the last year of the 15th century, not the first year of the 16th century as is often erroneously believed. 1500s15th century
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{| align=right cellpadding=3 id=toc style="margin-left: 15px;" |- | align="center" colspan=2 | Years:
1497 1498 1499 - 1500 - 1501 1502 1503 |- | align="center" colspan=2 | Decades:
1470s 1480s 1490s - 1500s - 1510s 1520s 1530s |- | align="center" | Centuries:
14th century - 15th century - 16th century |} ==Events== *Europe's population was ~60 million. (''Jackson J. Spielvogel'') *January 5 - Duke Ludovico Sforza recaptures Milan, but is soon driven out again by the French. *April 21 - Portugal navigator Pedro Álvares Cabral officially discovers Brazil and claims the land for Portugal. *November 11 - Treaty of Granada - Louis XII of France and Ferdinand II of Aragon agree to divide the Kingdom of Naples between them. *Emperor Go-Kashiwabara of Japan ascends to the throne of Japan. *Battle of Hemmingstedt: The Denmark army fails to conquer the peasants' republic of Dithmarschen. *Battle of Lepanto (1500) - The Turkish fleet of Kemal Re'is defeats the Republic of Venice. The Turks proceed to capture Modon, Lepanto, and Koron. *The Luo, a Nilotic people from modern Sudan, settle the Cwezi states, establishing the state of Buganda. (approximate date) *Diogo Dias is the first Europe to see Madagascar. ==Births== * February 24 - Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1558) * April 12 - Joachim Camerarius (d. 1574) * April 23 - Alexander Ales, Scottish theologian (d. 1565) * November 1 - Benvenuto Cellini, Italian goldsmith and sculptor (d. 1571) * Johannes Aal, Swiss theologian and composer (d. 1553) * Erasmus Alberus, German humanist (d. 1553) * John of Avila, Spanish mystic and saint * Jacques Buus, Flemish composer and organist (d. 1565) * George Cavendish, English writer (d. 1562) * Wu Cheng'en, Chinese novelist * Richard Cox (bishop), Dean of Westminster and Bishop of Ely (d. 1581) * Charles Dumoulin, French jurist (d. 1566) * Bartolomé de Escobedo, Spanish composer (d. 1563) * Heinrich Faber, German music theorist (d. 1552) * Federico II of Gonzaga, Marquis of Mantua (d. 1540) * Bernhard Knipperdolling, German religious reformer (d. 1536) * Luis de Milán, Spanish composer (d. 1561) * Francisco de Moraes, Portuguese writer (d. 1572) * Cristóbal de Morales, Spanish composer (d. 1553) * Aonio Paleario, Italian humanist and reformer (d. 1570) * Reginald Cardinal Pole, Archbishop of Canterbury (d. 1558) * Bonaventure des Périers, French author (d. 1544) * John Rogers (religious), English protestant martyr (d. 1555) * Mem de Sá, Governor-General of Brazil (d. 1572) * Maurice Scève, French poet (d. 1564) * Peder Skram, Danish senator and naval hero (d. 1581) * Johann Stumpf, Swiss writer (d. 1576) * Tielman Susato, composer (d. 1562) * Pedro de Valdivia, Spanish conquistador (d. 1554) * Juan de Valdés, Spanish religious writer (d. 1541) ==Deaths== * May 29 - Bartolomeu Dias, Portugal List of explorers who sailed around the Cape of Good Hope (born 1450) * June 19 - Edmund Tudor, Duke of Somerset (born 1499) * September 12 - Albert, Duke of Saxony * September 15 - John Morton, Archbishop of Canterbury (born 1420) * October 1 - John Alcock (bishop), England churchman (born 1430) * October 21 - Emperor Go-Tsuchimikado of Japan, 103rd Emperor of Japan of Japan (born 1442) * Juan Pérez de Gijón, Spain composer (born 1460) * Robert Henryson, Scotland poet (born 1425) * Feodor Kuritsyn, Russian statesman * Thomas Rotherham, English cleric and minister (born 1423) ==References== *Jackson J. Spielvogel -- ''Western Civilization -- Volume II: Since 1500'' (5th Edition), p.401 1500 os:1500
1500
Note 1500 was the last year of the 15th century, not the first year of the 16th century as is often erroneously believed. 1500s15th century
See other meanings of words starting from letter:A | B | C | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | R | S | T | U | V | X | Y | Z |
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