1500
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| Centuries: | 14th century · 15th century · 16th century |
| Decades: | 1470s 1480s 1490s 1500s 1510s 1520s 1530s |
| Years: | 1497 1498 1499 1500 1501 1502 1503 |
| 1500 by topic | |
| Arts and science | |
| Architecture - Art - Music - Science | |
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| Colonial governors - State leaders | |
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| Gregorian calendar | 1500 MD |
| Ab urbe condita | 2253 |
| Armenian calendar | 949 ԹՎ ՋԽԹ |
| Chinese calendar | 4136/4196-12-1 (己未年十二月初一日) — to —
4137/4197-12-11(庚申年十二月十一日) |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1492 – 1493 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5260 – 5261 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1555 – 1556 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1422 – 1423 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4601 – 4602 |
| Iranian calendar | 878 – 879 |
| Islamic calendar | 905 – 906 |
| Japanese calendar | |
| - Imperial Year | Kōki 2160 (皇紀2160年) |
| - Jōmon Era | 11500 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2043 |
1500 (MD) was an exceptional common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar).
[edit] Events
- Europe's population was ~60 million. (Spielvogel)
- January 5 - Duke Ludovico Sforza recaptures Milan, but is soon driven out again by the French.
- January 26 - Vicente Yáñez Pinzón becomes the first European to discover Brazil.
- February 17 - Battle of Hemmingstedt: The Danish army fails to conquer the peasants' republic of Dithmarschen.
- April 22 - Portuguese 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 ascends to the throne of Japan.
- Second Battle of Lepanto - The Turkish fleet of Kemal Re'is defeats the Venetians. 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 European to see Madagascar.
[edit] Births
- February 22 - Cardinal Rodolfo Pio da Carpi, Italian humanist (d. 1564)
- February 24 - Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor (died 1558)
- April 12 - Joachim Camerarius, German classical scholar (died 1574)
- April 23 - Alexander Ales, Scottish theologian (died 1565)
- November 1 - Benvenuto Cellini, Italian goldsmith and sculptor (died 1571)
- Johannes Aal, Swiss theologian and composer (died 1553)
- John of Avila, Spanish mystic and saint (died 1569)
- George Cavendish, English writer (died 1562)
- Wu Cheng'en, Chinese novelist (died 1582)
- Charles Dumoulin, French jurist (died 1566)
- Heinrich Faber, German music theorist (died 1552)
- Federico II of Gonzaga, Marquis of Mantua (died 1540)
- Francisco de Moraes, Portuguese writer (died 1572)
- Reginald Cardinal Pole, Archbishop of Canterbury (died 1558)
- Mem de Sá, Governor-General of Brazil (died 1572)
- Johann Stumpf, Swiss writer (died 1576)
- Pietro Martire Vermigli, Italian theologian (died 1562)
[edit] Deaths
- May 29 - Bartolomeu Dias, Portuguese explorer (born c1450)
- June 19 - Edmund Tudor, Duke of Somerset (born 1499)
- September 12 - Albert, Duke of Saxony (born 1443)
- September 15 - John Morton, Archbishop of Canterbury (born c1420)
- October 1 - John Alcock, English churchman (born c1430)
- October 21 - Emperor Go-Tsuchimikado of Japan (born 1442)
- Juan Pérez de Gijón, Spanish composer (born 1460)
- Feodor Kuritsyn, Russian statesman
- Thomas Rotherham, English cleric and minister (born 1423)
