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1500
was an
Exceptional
Common Year Starting On Monday
(see link for calendar).
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 Yáñez Pinzón
becomes the first
Europe
an to discover
Brazil
.
army fails to conquer the peasants' republic of
Dithmarschen
.
April 22
-
Portuguese
navigator
Pedro Álvares Cabral
officially discovers
Brazil
and claims the land for
Portugal
.
November 11
-
Treaty Of Granada
-
Louis XII Of France
and
Ferdinand II Of Aragon
agree to divide the
Kingdom Of Naples
between them.
Emperor Go-Kashiwabara
ascends to the throne of
Japan
.
Second Battle Of Lepanto
- The
Turkish
fleet of
Kemal Re'is
defeats the
Venetians
. The
Turks
proceed to capture
Modon
,
Lepanto
, and
Koron
.
The
Luo
, a
Nilotic
people from modern
Sudan
, settle the
Cwezi
states, establishing the state of
Buganda
. (approximate date)
Diogo Dias
is the first
European
to see
Madagascar
.
BIRTHS
February 22
-
Cardinal Rodolfo Pio Da Carpi
, Italian humanist (d.
1564
)
February 24
-
Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor
(died
1558
)
April 12
-
Joachim Camerarius
, German classical scholar (died
1574
)
April 23
-
Alexander Ales
, Scottish theologian (died
1565
)
November 1
-
Benvenuto Cellini
, Italian goldsmith and sculptor (died
1571
)
Johannes Aal
, Swiss theologian and composer (died
1553
)
John Of Avila
, Spanish mystic and saint (died
1569
)
George Cavendish
, English writer
Wu Cheng'en
, Chinese novelist (died
1582
)
Charles Dumoulin
, French jurist (died
1566
)
Heinrich Faber
, German music theorist (died
1552
)
Federico II Of Gonzaga
, Marquis of Mantua (died
1540
)
Francisco De Moraes
, Portuguese writer (died
1572
)
Reginald Cardinal Pole
,
Archbishop Of Canterbury
(died
1558
)
Mem De Sá
, Governor-General of Brazil (died
1572
)
Johann Stumpf
, Swiss writer (died
1576
)
Pietro Martire Vermigli
, Italian theologian
DEATHS
May 29
-
Bartolomeu Dias
, Portuguese explorer
June 19
-
Edmund Tudor, Duke Of Somerset
(born
1499
)
September 12
-
Albert, Duke Of Saxony
(born
1443
)
September 15
-
John Morton
,
Archbishop Of Canterbury
October 1
-
John Alcock
, English churchman
October 21
-
Emperor Go-Tsuchimikado Of Japan
(born
1442
)
Juan Pérez De Gijón
, Spanish composer (born
1460
)
Feodor Kuritsyn
, Russian statesman
Thomas Rotherham
, English cleric and minister (born
1423
)