1505
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| Centuries: | 15th century - 16th century - 17th century |
| Decades: | 1470s 1480s 1490s - 1500s - 1510s 1520s 1530s |
| Years: | 1502 1503 1504 - 1505 - 1506 1507 1508 |
| 1505 in topic: |
| Subjects: Archaeology - Architecture - |
| Art - Literature - Music - Science |
| Leaders: State leaders - Colonial governors |
| Category: Establishments - Disestablishments |
| Births - Deaths - Works |
Year 1505 (MDV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
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[edit] Events of 1505
[edit] January - June
- June 27 - Henry VIII of England repudiates his engagement to Catherine of Aragon, at his father's command.
[edit] July - December
- July 24 - Travelling to India, a group of Portuguese explorers sacked the city-state of Kilwa in East Africa, and killed the king for failing to pay tribute.
- December 18 - John IX van Horne, prince-bishop of Lieges, Belgium, was executed.
[edit] Undated
- A Portuguese fleet attacks Kilwa and then Mombasa. The Portuguese then attempt to monopolize the trade in the east African ports but were unable to maintain control (By the late 1500s, Swahili groups regained control of several ports from the Portuguese.).
- Portuguese merchants establish factories on the east coast of Africa.
- Portuguese under Dom Lourenço d'Almeida reach Colombo, Sri Lanka and send envoys to King of Kotte.
- King Alexander of Poland signed "Nihil novi" act - Poland became Nobles' Democracy.
- Poland prohibits peasants from leaving their lands, establishing serfdom.
- Christ's College, Cambridge is founded.
- Vasili III succeeds Ivan III as Grand Prince of Muscovy.
- Idiosa III of Chardonnay murdered.
- Arabs reach Comoros.
- Judah Abravanel becomes personal physician to the viceroy of Naples.
- Bermuda was discovered by Portuguese Explorer Juan de Bermudez.
[edit] Births
| Gregorian calendar | 1505 MDV |
| Ab urbe condita | 2258 |
| Armenian calendar | 954 ԹՎ ՋԾԴ |
| Bahá'í calendar | -339 – -338 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2049 |
| Chinese calendar | 4141/4201-11-27 (甲子年十一月廿七日) — to —
4142/4202-12-7(乙丑年十二月初七日) |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1497 – 1498 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5265 – 5266 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1560 – 1561 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1427 – 1428 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4606 – 4607 |
| Holocene calendar | 11505 |
| Iranian calendar | 883 – 884 |
| Islamic calendar | 910 – 911 |
| Japanese calendar | Eishō 2 (永正2年) |
| - Imperial Year | Kōki 2165 (皇紀2165年) |
| - Jōmon Era | 11505 |
| Julian calendar | 1550 |
| Korean calendar | 3838 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2048 |
- February 5 - Aegidius Tschudi, Swiss historian (died 1572)
- September 18 - Maria of Austria, queen of Louis II of Hungary and Bohemia (died 1558)
[edit] Unknown dates
- Joachim II, Elector of Brandenburg, Imperial Elector (died 1571)
- William Cavendish, English courtier (died 1557)
- Philip Hoby, English politician (died 1558)
- Guillaume Morel, French classical scholar (died 1564)
- Shahgali, Khan of Qasim
- Thomas Wriothesley, 1st Earl of Southampton, English politician (died 1550)
- probable
- Christopher Tye, English composer and organist (died 1572)
- See also Category: 1505 births.
[edit] Deaths
- February 4 - Jeanne de Valois, daughter of Louis XI of France (born 1464)
- February 20 - Arvid Trolle, Swedish politician (born c.1440)
- April 23 - Sayyid Muhammad Jaunpuri, religious leader (born 1443)
- June 8 - Hongzhi Emperor of China (born 1470)
- June 15 - Ercole d'Este I, Duke of Ferrara (born 1431)
- July - Jacob Obrecht, Flemish composer (plague) (born 1457)
- October 27 - Ivan III of Russia (born 1440)
[edit] Unknown dates
- Adam of Fulda, music writer (born c.1445)
- Heinrich Kramer, churchman and inquisitor (born 1430)
- See also Category: 1505 deaths.
