Explore 98 historical events from 1500–1509.
Brussels, officially the Brussels-Capital Region, is a region of Belgium comprising 19 municipalities, including the City of Brussels, which is the capital of Belgium. The Brussels…
In Brussels, Prince Charles I is crowned Duke of Burgundy and Count of Flanders, a year after inheriting the title.
Jean Molinet was a French poet, chronicler, and composer. He is best remembered for his prose translation of Roman de la rose.
Jean Molinet, French poet and composer (born 1435)
Cecily of York, also known as Cecelia, was the third daughter of King Edward IV of England and his queen consort Elizabeth Woodville.
Cecily of York, English princess (born 1469)
A cornerstone is the first stone set in the construction of a masonry foundation. All other stones will be set in reference to this stone, thus determining the position of the enti…
The cornerstone of the current St
Louis II was King of Hungary, Croatia and Bohemia from 1516 to 1526. He died during the Battle of Mohács fighting the Ottomans, whose victory led to the Ottoman annexation of large…
Louis II of Hungary (died 1526)
Franciscus Sonnius was a theologian during the time of the Catholic Reformation, the first bishop of 's-Hertogenbosch and later the first bishop of Antwerp. His family name was Van…
Franciscus Sonnius, Dutch counter-Reformation theologian (died 1576)
The Lisbon massacre started on Sunday, 19 April 1506 in Lisbon when a crowd of churchgoers attacked and killed several people in the congregation whom they suspected were Jews. The…
The Lisbon Massacre begins, in which about two thousand Jews who had been forcibly converted to Christianity are slaught
The Lisbon massacre started on Sunday, 19 April 1506 in Lisbon when a crowd of churchgoers attacked and killed several people in the congregation whom they suspected were Jews. The…
The three-day Lisbon Massacre comes to an end with the slaughter of over 1,900 suspected Jews by Portuguese Catholics
The Grand Duchy of Lithuania was a sovereign state in northeastern Europe that existed from the 13th century, succeeding the Kingdom of Lithuania, to the late 18th century, when th…
The Grand Duchy of Lithuania defeats the Crimean Khanate in the Battle of Kletsk.
Sultan Husayn Bayqara Mirza was the Timurid ruler of Herat from 1469 until May 4, 1506, with a brief interruption in 1470.
Husayn Mirza Bayqara, Timurid ruler of Herat (born 1438)
Christopher Columbus was an Italian explorer and navigator from the Republic of Genoa who completed four Spanish transatlantic voyages in the name of the Catholic Monarchs, opening…
Christopher Columbus, Italian explorer, early European explorer of the Americas (born 1451)
Alexander Agricola was a Netherlandish composer of the Renaissance writing in the Franco-Flemish style. A prominent member of the Grande chapelle, the Habsburg musical establishmen…
Alexander Agricola, Flemish composer (born c. 1445)
Alexander Jagiellon was Grand Duke of Lithuania from 1492 and King of Poland from 1501 until his death in 1506. He was the fourth son of Casimir IV Jagiellon and a member of the Ja…
King Alexander Jagiellon of Poland (born 1461)
The Lisbon massacre started on Sunday, 19 April 1506 in Lisbon when a crowd of churchgoers attacked and killed several people in the congregation whom they suspected were Jews. The…
In Lisbon, Portugal, a crowd began a massacre of Jews who had been forced to convert to Christianity
The Muscovite–Lithuanian Wars were a series of wars between the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and the Grand Duchy of Moscow, which was later unified with other Russian principalities to…
Muscovite–Lithuanian Wars: The Grand Duchy of Lithuania achieved one of the greatest Lithuanian victories against the…
The 1505 Lo Mustang earthquake occurred on 6 June 1505 and had an estimated magnitude between 8.2 and 8.8 making it one of the largest earthquakes in Nepalese history. The earthqua…
The M8
Levinus Lemnius was a Dutch physician and author.
Levinus Lemnius, Dutch writer (died 1568)
The Hongzhi Emperor, personal name Zhu Youcheng, was the tenth emperor of the Ming dynasty, reigning from 1487 to 1505. He succeeded his father, the Chenghua Emperor.
Hongzhi Emperor of China (born 1470)
Francesco Primaticcio was an Italian Mannerist painter, architect and sculptor who spent most of his career in France.
Francesco Primaticcio, Italian painter (died 1570)
Stanislaus Hosius was a Polish Roman Catholic cardinal. From 1551 he was the Prince-Bishop of the Bishopric of Warmia in Royal Prussia, and from 1558, he served as the papal legate…
Stanislaus Hosius, Polish cardinal (died 1579)
Antun Vrančić or Antonio Veranzio was a Croatian prelate, writer, diplomat and Archbishop of Esztergom in the 16th century. Antun Vrančić was from the Dalmatian town of Šibenik, th…
Antun Vrančić, Croatian archbishop (died 1573)
Norman Irish or Hiberno-Normans is a modern term for the descendants of Norman settlers who arrived during the Anglo-Norman invasion of Ireland in the 12th century. Most came from …
In Ireland, the Hiberno-Norman de Burghs (Burkes) and Cambro-Norman Fitzgeralds fight in the Battle of Knockdoe.
Heinrich Bullinger was a Swiss Reformer and theologian, the successor of Huldrych Zwingli as head of the Church of Zürich and a pastor at the Grossmünster. One of the most importan…
Heinrich Bullinger, Swiss pastor and reformer (died 1575)
Matthew Parker was an English bishop. He was the Archbishop of Canterbury in the Church of England from 1559 to his death. He was also an influential theologian and arguably the co…
Matthew Parker, English archbishop (died 1575)