1501 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. 1498 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1499 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1500 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Events January 1 - Portuguese explorers sailed into Guanabra Bay, Brazil and mistook it for the mouth of a river which they named Rio de Janeiro May 9 - Christopher Columbus leaves Spain for his fourth and final trip to the New World. May 21 - Portuguese discover island of St Helena. ... Events January 20 - Seville in Castile is awarded exclusive right to trade with the New World. ... Events January 1 - French troops surrender Gaeta to the Spanish under Cordoba. ... This is a list of decades which have articles with more information about them. ... Centuries: 14th century - 15th century - 16th century Decades: 1420s 1430s 1440s 1450s 1460s - 1470s - 1480s 1490s 1500s 1510s 1520s Years: 1470 1471 1472 1473 1474 1475 1476 1477 1478 1479 Events and Trends battle of Avenches 1476 Prominent Persons Nicolaus Copernicus, Polish astronomer Categories: 1470s ... Centuries: 14th century - 15th century - 16th century Decades: 1430s 1440s 1450s 1460s 1470s - 1480s - 1490s 1500s 1510s 1520s 1530s Years: 1480 1481 1482 1483 1484 1485 1486 1487 1488 1489 Events and Trends Categories: 1480s ... Centuries: 14th century - 15th century - 16th century Decades: 1440s 1450s 1460s 1470s 1480s - 1490s - 1500s 1510s 1520s 1530s 1540s Years: 1490 1491 1492 1493 1494 1495 1496 1497 1498 1499 Events and Trends 1490: Tirant lo Blanc by Joanot Martorell & Martí Joan De Galba is published. ... ---- Events and Trends Leonardo da Vinci paints the Mona Lisa Spanish arrive in present-day Gulf of Mexico External links 1500-1524 Events 1500-1509 Events Categories: 1500s ... ---- Events and Trends Template:Stub:hist Categories: 1510s ... ... Centuries: 15th century - 16th century - 17th century Decades: 1480s 1490s 1500s 1510s 1520s - 1530s - 1540s 1550s 1560s 1570s 1580s Years: 1530 1531 1532 1533 1534 1535 1536 1537 1538 1539 Events and Trends Spanish conquest of Peru Beginning of colonization of Brazil Categories: 1530s ... These pages contain the trends of millennia and centuries. ... (14th century - 15th century - 16th century - other centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 15th century was that century which lasted from 1401 to 1500. ... (15th century - 16th century - 17th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 16th century was that century which lasted from 1501 to 1600. ... (16th century - 17th century - 18th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 17th century was that century which lasted from 1601-1700. ... 1500 colonial governors - Events of 1501 - 1502 colonial governors - Colonial governors by year See also: List of state leaders in 1501 Portugal Cape Verde - Santiago and Boa Vista - Rodrigo Afonso, Captain (1473-1505 and 1497-1505) São Tomé - Fernão de Melo, Captain of São Tomé (c. ... 1500 state leaders - Events of 1501 - 1502 state leaders - State leaders by year Americas Aztec Empire - Auitzotl, Aztec Emperor (1486-1502) Inca Empire - Huayna Capac, Inca Emperor (1493-1527) Asia China (Ming Dynasty) - Hongzhi, Emperor of China (1487-1505) Japan Monarch - Go-Kashiwabara, Emperor of Japan (1500-1526) Shogun (Ashikaga... This is the calendar for a common year starting on Tuesday (dominical letter F), e. ... The Gregorian calendar is the calendar that is used nearly everywhere in the world. ...

Events

• Alexander becomes King of Poland.
• The Safavid kingdom was established in northern Iran.
• Martin Luther enters the University of Erfurt.

Reign From December 12, 1501 until August 19, 1506 Coronation On December 12, 1501 in the Wawel Cathedral, Kraków, Poland Royal House Jagiellon Parents Kazimierz IV Jagiellończyk Elżbieta Rakuszanka Consorts Helena Children None Date of Birth August 5, 1461 Place of Birth Kraków, Poland Date of... The Safavid Empire at its 1512 borders. ... Luther at age 46 (Lucas Cranach the Elder, 1529) The Luther seal Martin Luther (November 10, 1483–February 18, 1546) was a German theologian, an Augustinian monk, and an ecclesiastical reformer whose teachings inspired the Reformation and deeply influenced the doctrines and culture of the Lutheran and Protestant traditions. ... The University of Erfurt is one of the oldest universities in Germany. ...

Births

• January 16 - Anthony Denny, confidant of Henry VIII of England (died 1559)
• January 17 - Leonhart Fuchs, German physician and botanist (died 1566)
• May 6 - Pope Marcellus II (died 1555)
• July 18 - Isabella of Burgundy, queen of Christian II of Denmark (died 1526)
• September 24 - Gerolamo Cardano, Italian mathematician, physician, astrologer and gambler (died 1567)
• November 25 - Yi Hwang, Korean Confucian scholar (died 1570)
• Girolamo da Carpi, Italian painter (died 1556)
• Dawit II of Ethiopia (died 1540)
• Nikolaus Federmann, German adventurer in Venezuela and Colombia (died 1542)
• Nicholas Heath, archbishop of York and Lord Chancellor (approximate date; died 1578)
• Pedro de Mendoza, Spanish conquistador (died 1537)
• John Dudley, 1st Duke of Northumberland, Tudor nobleman and politician (died 1553)
• Garcia de Orta, Portuguese physician
• Hilaire Penet, French composer
• Murakami Yoshikiyo, Japanese nobleman (died 1573)

January 16 is the 16th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Sir Anthony Denny (16 January 1501 – 10 September 1559) was a confidant of Henry VIII of England. ... Henry VIII (28 June 1491 – 28 January 1547) was King of England and Lord of Ireland (later King of Ireland) from 22 April 1509 until his death. ... Events January 15 - Elizabeth I of England is crowned in Westminster Abbey. ... January 17 is the 17th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Leonhart Fuchs (17 January 1501 – 10 May 1566) was a medic and a botanist. ... Events January 7 - Pius V becomes Pope Selim II succeeds Suleiman I as Sultan of the Ottoman Empire Religious rioting in the Netherlands signifies the beginning of the Eighty Years War in the Netherlands. ... May 6 is the 126th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (127th in leap years). ... Marcellus II, né Marcello Cervini (May 6, 1501 – May 1, 1555), cardinal of Santa Croce, a native of the area of Ancona, Italy, was elected pope to succeed Julius III on April 9, 1555. ... Events Russia breaks 60 year old truce with Sweden by attacking Finland February 2 - Diet of Augsburg begins February 4 - John Rogers becomes first Protestant martyr in England February 9 - Bishop of Gloucester John Hooper is burned at the stake May 23 - Paul IV becomes Pope. ... July 18 is the 199th day (200th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 166 days remaining. ... Isabella (18 July 1501–19 January 1526), Archduchess of Austria by birth and Queen of Denmark by marriage, was the daughter of Philip I and Joanna of Castile and the sister of Emperor Charles V. She was born at Brussels. ... Christian II (July 2, 1481 – January 25, 1559) was a Danish monarch and King of Denmark, Norway (1513 – 1523) and Sweden (1520 – 1521), under the Kalmar Union. ... Events January 14 - Treaty of Madrid. ... September 24 is the 267th day of the year (268th in leap years). ... Gerolamo Cardano or Jerome Cardan or Girolamo Cardan (September 24, 1501 - September 21, 1576) was a celebrated Italian Renaissance mathematician, physician, astrologer, and gambler. ... Events The Duke of Alva arrives in the Netherlands with Spanish forces to suppress unrest there. ... November 25 is the 329th (in leap years the 330th) day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Yi Hwang(李滉 1501-1570) was one of the two most prominent Korean Confucian scholars of the Joseon Dynasty, the other being his younger contemporary Yi I (Yulgok). ... Events January 23 - The assassination of regent James Stewart, Earl of Moray throws Scotland into civil war February 25 - Pope Pius V excommunicates Queen Elizabeth I of England with the bull Regnans in Excelsis May 20 - Abraham Ortelius issues the first modern atlas. ... Girolamo Da Carpi (1501 - 1556) was the son of an Este’s court painter and decorator in Ferrara (Italy). ... Events January 16 - Abdication of Emperor Charles V. His son, Philip II becomes King of Spain, while his brother Ferdinand becomes Holy Roman Emperor January 23 - The Shaanxi earthquake, the deadliest earthquake in history, occurs with its epicenter in Shaanxi province, China. ... Dawit II or David II, better known by his throne name Lebna Dengel (1501 - September 2, 1540) was negus negust (1508 - 1540) of Ethiopia, and a member of the Solomonid dynasty. ... Events January 6 - King Henry VIII of England marries Anne of Cleves, his fourth Queen consort. ... Nikolaus Federmann (1501–1542) was a German adventurer in Venezuela and Colombia. ... Events War resumes between Francis I of France and Emperor Charles V. This time Henry VIII of England is allied to the Emperor, while James V of Scotland and Sultan Suleiman I are allied to the French. ... Nicholas Heath (c. ... Arms of the Archbishop of York The Archbishop of York, Primate of England, is the metropolitan bishop of the Province of York, and is the junior of the two archbishops of the Church of England, after the Archbishop of Canterbury. ... The Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain, or Lord Chancellor and in former times Chancellor of England, is one of the most senior and important functionaries in the government of the United Kingdom. ... Events January 31 - Battle of Gemblours - Spanish forces under Don John of Austria and Alexander Farnese defeat the Dutch. ... Pedro de Mendoza (1487–1537) was a Spanish conquistador, and the first adelantado of the Río de la Plata. ... Events January 6 - Alessandro de Medici assassinated August 25 - The Honourable Artillery Company, the oldest surviving regiment in the British Army, and the second most senior, was formed. ... John Dudley (1501-August 22/August 23, 1553) was a Tudor nobleman and politician, executed for high treason by Queen Mary I of England. ... The Tudor dynasty or House of Tudor (Welsh: Tudur) is a series of five monarchs of Welsh origin who ruled England and Ireland from 1485 until 1603. ... // Events June 26 - Christs Hospital in London gets a Royal Charter July 6 - Edward VI of England dies July 10 - Lady Jane Grey is proclaimed Queen of England - for the next nine days July 18 - Lord Mayor of London proclaims Queen Mary as the rightful Queen - Lady Jane Grey... Garcia de Orta was a Renaissance Portuguese medical doctor and naturalist. ... Hilaire Penet (born 1501?) was a French composer of the Renaissance, who worked for at least the earlier part of his life in Rome. ... Murakami Yoshikiyo (村上 義清, 1501 - 1573) fought against both Takeda Nobutora and Takeda Shingen. ... Events January - articles of Warsaw Confederation signed, sanctioning religious freedom in Poland. ...

Marriages

• November 14 - Arthur Tudor and Catherine of Aragon.

November 14 is the 318th day of the year (319th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 47 days remaining. ... Arthur, Prince of Wales Arthur Tudor (20 September 1486 _ 2 April 1502) was the eldest son of Henry VII of England. ... The recently-widowed young Catherine of Aragon, by Henry VIIs court painter, Michael Sittow, c. ...

Deaths

• September 20 - Thomas Grey, 1st Marquess of Dorset, stepson of Edward IV of England (born 1457)
• Gaspar Corte-Real, Portuguese explorer (born 1450)
• John Doget, English diplomat
• Constantine Lascaris, Greek scholar and grammarian
• Alisher Navoi, a Central Asian poet