1500 35019 225661753 2008-07-14T20:00:56Z 87.207.208.213 . {{year nav|1500}} {{C16YearInTopicX}} Year '''1500''' ('''[[Roman numerals|MD]]''') was a [[leap year starting on Wednesday]] (link will display the full calendar) of the [[Julian calendar]]. == Events of 1500 == <!-- Link all dates, even if repeated, for date-format preferences. --> * [[January 5]] - Duke [[Ludovico Sforza]] recaptures [[Milan]], but is soon driven out again by the [[France|French]]. * [[February 17]] - [[Battle of Hemmingstedt]]: The [[Denmark|Danish]] army fails to conquer the peasants' republic of [[Dithmarschen]]. * [[April 22]] - [[Portugal|Portuguese]] navigator [[Pedro Álvares Cabral]] officially discovers [[Brazil]] and claims the land for [[Portugal]]. He has 13 vessels with him. * [[August]] - [[Battle of Lepanto (1500)|Second Battle of Lepanto]]: The [[Ottoman Empire|Turkish]] fleet of [[Kemal Reis]] defeats the [[Republic of Venice|Venetians]]. The [[Ottoman Empire|Turks]] proceed to capture [[Modon]] and [[Koroni|Coron]], the "two eyes of the Republic." * [[November 11]] - [[Treaty of Granada (1500)|Treaty of Granada]]: [[Louis XII of France]] and [[Ferdinand II of Aragon]] agree to divide the [[Kingdom of Naples]] between them. * [[November 16]] - [[Emperor Go-Kashiwabara of Japan|Emperor Go-Kashiwabara]] accedes to the throne of [[Japan]]. ===Undated=== * [[Europe]]'s population is estimated at 56.7 million (''[[Jackson J. Spielvogel|Spielvogel]]''). * The [[Luo (family of ethnic groups)|Luo]], a [[Nilotic]] people from modern [[Sudan]], settle the [[Cwezi]] states, establishing the state of [[Bunyoro|Bunyoro-Kitara]] (approximate date). * [[Diogo Dias]] is the first [[Europe]]an to see [[Madagascar]]. * The [[High Renaissance]] starts. * [[Duarte Barbosa]] arrives in [[India]]. He works as [[interpreter]] and [[translator]] in [[Cochin]] and [[Cananor]] in [[Kerala]]. {{Year in other calendars}} ==Births== <!-- Link all dates, even if repeated, for date-format preferences. --> * [[January 5]] - [[John of Avila]], Spanish mystic and saint (d. [[1569]]) * [[February 22]] - [[Cardinal Rodolfo Pio da Carpi]], Italian humanist (d. [[1564]]) * [[February 24]] - [[Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor]] (d. [[1558]]) * [[April 12]] - [[Joachim Camerarius]], German classical scholar (d. [[1574]]) * [[April 23]] - [[Alexander Ales]], Scottish theologian (d. [[1565]]) * [[May 17]] - [[Frederick II, Duke of Mantua]], (d. [[1540]]) * [[November 1]] - [[Benvenuto Cellini]], Italian goldsmith and sculptor (d. [[1571]]) *''date unknown'' **[[Johannes Aal]], Swiss theologian and composer (d. [[1553]]) **[[Charles Dumoulin]], French jurist (d. [[1566]]) **[[Reginald Cardinal Pole]], [[Archbishop of Canterbury]] (d. [[1558]]) **[[Johann Stumpf (writer)|Johann Stumpf]], Swiss writer (d. [[1576]]) *''probable'' **[[Wu Cheng'en]], Chinese novelist (d. [[1582]]) **[[Heinrich Faber]], German music theorist (d. [[1552]]) **[[Francisco de Moraes]], Portuguese writer (d. [[1572]]) **[[Mem de Sá]], Governor-General of Brazil (d. [[1572]]) ==Deaths== <!-- Link all dates, even if repeated, for date-format preferences. --> * [[May 28]] **[[Bartolomeu Dias]], Portuguese explorer (b. c. [[1450]]) **[[Thomas Rotherham]], English cleric and minister (b. [[1423]]) * [[June 26]] - [[Edmund Tudor, Duke of Somerset]] (b. [[1499]]) * [[September 2]] - [[Albert, Duke of Saxony]] (b. [[1443]]) * [[September 15]] - [[John Morton]], [[Archbishop of Canterbury]] (b. c. [[1420]]) * [[October 6]] - [[John Alcock (bishop)|John Alcock]], English churchman (b. c.[[1430]]) * [[October 21]] - [[Emperor Go-Tsuchimikado of Japan]] (b. [[1442]]) *''date unknown'' **[[Michael Tarchaniota Marullus]], scholar, poet and soldier (b. c. [[1453]]) *''probable'' **[[Juan Pérez de Gijón]], Spanish composer (b. [[1460]]) **[[Stefano Infessura]], humanist writer (b. c. [[1435]]) **[[Fyodor Kuritsyn]], Russian statesman : ''See also [[:Category: 1500 deaths]].'' 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