| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| Politics |
| State leaders - Sovereign states |
| Birth and death categories |
| Births - Deaths |
| Establishments and disestablishments categories |
| Establishments - Disestablishments |
| Art and literature |
| 1500 in poetry |
| Gregorian calendar | 1500 MD |
| Ab urbe condita | 2253 |
| Armenian calendar | 949 ԹՎ ՋԽԹ |
| Assyrian calendar | 6250 |
| Bahá'í calendar | -344–-343 |
| Bengali calendar | 907 |
| Berber calendar | 2450 |
| English Regnal year | 15 Hen. 7 – 16 Hen. 7 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2044 |
| Burmese calendar | 862 |
| Byzantine calendar | 7008–7009 |
| Chinese calendar | 己未年十二月初一日 (4136/4196-12-1) — to —
庚申年十二月十一日(4137/4197-12-11) |
| Coptic calendar | 1216–1217 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1492–1493 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5260–5261 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1556–1557 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1422–1423 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4601–4602 |
| Holocene calendar | 11500 |
| Iranian calendar | 878–879 |
| Islamic calendar | 905–906 |
| Japanese calendar | Meiō 9 (明応9年) |
| Korean calendar | 3833 |
| Minguo calendar | 412 before ROC 民前412年 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2043 |
Year 1500 (MD) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.