1500
Centuries: 14th century - 15th century - 16th century
Decades: 1450s 1460s 1470s 1480s 1490s - 1500s - 1510s 1520s 1530s 1540s 1550s
Years: 1495 1496 1497 1498 1499 - 1500 - 1501 1502 1503 1504 1505
See also:
- 1500 in art
- 1500 in literature
- 1500 in music
- 1500 in politics
- 1500 in science
- 1500 in sports
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 Yáńez Pinzón become the first European to discover Brazil.
- April 22 - Portuguese navigator Pedro Alvares Cabral becomes the first European to sight Brazil.
- November 11 - Treaty of Granada - Louis XII of France and Ferdinand II of Aragon agree to divide the Kingdom of Naples between them.
- Pedro Alvares Cabral claims Brazil for Portugal
- Emperor Go-Kashiwabara ascends to the throne of Japan
- Battle of Hemmingstedt: The Danish army fails to conquer the peasants' republic of Dithmarschen
- Second Battle of Lepanto - The Turkish fleet of Kemal Re'is defeats the Venetians. The Turks proceed to capture Modon, Lepanto, and Koron.
- February 24 - Charles V of Hapsburg born in Ghent
References
- Spielvogel -- Western Civilization -- Volume II: Since 1500 (5th Edition), p.401
