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| Years: 1501 1502 1503 - 1504 - 1505 1506 1507 | |
| Decades: 1470s 1480s 1490s - 1500s - 1510s 1520s 1530s | |
| Centuries: 15th century - 16th century - 17th century | |
Events
- January 1 - French troops surrender Gaeta to the Spanish under Cordoba.
- January 31 - France cedes Naples to Aragon.
- February 29 - Christopher Columbus uses his knowldege of a lunar eclipse that night to convince Native Americans to provide him with supplies.
- Michelangelo Buonarroti finishes his sculpture of David - August 8 it is erected in Florence.
- Moldavia, Stephan IIIrd the great fights against Turkey and Poland.
- Baber besieges and captures Kabul.
- Ferdinand II of Aragon becomes King of Naples as Ferdinand III.
- Christopher Columbus return to spain from his fourth voyage where he and his younger son, Ferdinand, explored the coast of Central America from Belize to Panama.
- Aldo Manuzio publishes Demosthenes.
Births
- January 17 - Pope Pius V
- August 6 - Matthew Parker, Archbishop of Canterbury (d. 1575
- Heinrich Bullinger, Swiss reformer
- Francesco Primaticcio, Italian painter, architect and sculptor.
Deaths
- November 26 - Isabella of Castile, Queen of Castile, the wife of Ferdinand II of Aragon, the mother of Catherine of Aragon, and the patron of Christopher Columbus.
- Philibert II of Savoy, Duke of Savoy
- Domenico Maria Novara da Ferrara, Astronomer and teacher of Nicolaus Copernicus
- Thomas Stanley, 1st Earl of Derby
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