Explore 138 historical events from 1500–1509.
Lady Mary of Looz-Heinsberg, Dutch: Maria van Loon-Heinsberg, was a noble lady from the House of Looz and through marriage Countess of Nassau-Siegen.
Mary of Looz-Heinsberg, Dutch noble (born 1424)
Sir James Tyrrell was an English knight who was a trusted servant of King Richard III of England. He is known for allegedly confessing to the murders of the Princes in the Tower un…
James Tyrrell, English knight (born 1450)
Knut Alvsson was a Norwegian nobleman and landowner. He was the country's foremost Norwegian-born noble in his time and served as fief-holder in southern-central Norway.
Knut Alvsson, Norwegian nobleman and politician (born 1455)
Sir Thomas Wood KS, in archaic spelling Wode, of Childrey in Berkshire, was an English landowner, lawyer, administrator and politician who became Chief Justice of the Common Plea…
Thomas Wode, Lord Chief Justice of the Common Pleas
Amerigo Vespucci was an Italian explorer and navigator from the Republic of Florence after whom America is named.
Amerigo Vespucci, this time under Portuguese flag, set sail for western lands
Amerigo Vespucci was an Italian explorer and navigator from the Republic of Florence after whom America is named.
Amerigo Vespucci, this time under Portuguese flag, sets sail for western lands
Pope Marcellus II, born Marcello Cervini degli Spannocchi, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 10 April 1555 to his death, 22 days later.
Marcellus II, pope of the Catholic Church (died 1555)
Cho Sik was a Korean philosopher, poet, and politician during the Joseon period. He was a Neo-Confucian scholar who had a major influence on the Northerners in the Joseon Dynasty f…
Cho Sik, Korean poet and scholar (died 1572)
Isabella of Austria, also known as Elizabeth, was born an Archduchess of Austria and Infanta of Castile from the House of Habsburg, and subsequently became Queen of Denmark, Norway…
Isabella of Austria, queen of Denmark (died 1526)
Philipp II was Count of Hanau-Münzenberg from 1512 until his death. He was the son of Count Reinhard IV and his wife, Katharina of Schwarzburg-Blankenburg.
Philipp II, Count of Hanau-Münzenberg (died 1529)
Henry Stafford, 1st Baron Stafford was an English nobleman. After the execution for treason in 1521 and posthumous attainder of his father Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham, …
Henry Stafford, 1st Baron Stafford (died 1563)
Domenico della Rovere was an Italian cardinal and patron of the arts.
Domenico della Rovere, Catholic cardinal (born 1442)
John Devereux, 9th Baron Ferrers of Chartley was an English peer.
John Devereux, 9th Baron Ferrers of Chartley, English Baron (born 1463)
Columba of Rieti was an Italian religious sister of the Third Order of St. Dominic who was noted as a mystic. She was renowned for her spiritual counsel, devotion to the Blessed Sa…
Columba of Rieti, Italian Dominican tertiary Religious Sister (born 1467)
George Gordon, 2nd Earl of Huntly was a Scottish nobleman and Chancellor of Scotland from 1498 to 1501.
George Gordon, 2nd Earl of Huntly, Earl of Huntly and Lord Chancellor of Scotland (born 1440)
John I Albert was King of Poland from 1492 to his death and Duke of Głogów from 1491 to 1498. He was the fourth Polish sovereign from the Jagiellonian dynasty and the son of Casimi…
John I Albert, Polish king (born 1459)
Agostino Barbarigo was Doge of Venice from 1486 until his death in 1501.
Agostino Barbarigo, Doge of Venice
Gerolamo Cardano was an Italian polymath whose interests and proficiencies ranged through those of mathematician, physician, biologist, physicist, chemist, astrologer, astronomer, …
Gerolamo Cardano, Italian mathematician, physician, and astrologer (died 1576)
Thomas Grey, 1st Marquess of Dorset, Earl of Huntingdon, 7th Baron Ferrers of Groby, was an English nobleman, courtier and the eldest son of Elizabeth Woodville and her first husba…
Thomas Grey, 1st Marquess of Dorset, stepson of Edward IV of England (born 1457)
Andrew Stewart was a 15th-century Scottish prelate and administrator.
Andrew Stewart, Scottish bishop (born 1442)
Pedro Álvares Cabral was a Portuguese nobleman, military commander, navigator and explorer regarded as the European discoverer of Brazil. He was the first human in history to ever …
Portuguese navigator Pedro Álvares Cabral lands in Brazil (discovery of Brazil)
Pedro Álvares Cabral was a Portuguese nobleman, military commander, navigator and explorer regarded as the European discoverer of Brazil. He was the first human in history to ever …
Portuguese explorer Pedro Alvarez Cabral reaches new coastline (Brazil)
The Second Ottoman–Venetian War was fought from 1499 to 1503 between the Ottoman Empire and the Republic of Venice for control of contested lands in the Aegean Sea, the Ionian Sea,…
Ottoman–Venetian War (1499–1503): The Ottomans capture Methoni, Messenia.
Pedro Álvares Cabral was a Portuguese nobleman, colonizer, military commander, navigator and explorer regarded as the European discoverer of Brazil. He was the first human in histo…
Pedro Álvares Cabral and his Portuguese fleet arrive in Calicut, having crossed both the Atlantic and Indian Ocean.