Today in History for Year 1500
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Months in Year 1500: January February March April May June July August September October November
Historical Events
Results 1 - 14 of 14
Jan 5th - Duke Ludovico Sforza's troops reconquer Milan
Jan 26th - Vicente Yáñez Pinzón becomes the first European to set foot on Brazil.
Feb 17th - Battle of Hemmingstedt.
Mar 9th - Pedro Cabral departs with 13 ships to India
Apr 8th - Battle at Novara: King Louis XII beats duke Ludovico Sforza
Apr 10th - France captures duke Ludovico Sforza of Milan
Apr 22nd - Pedro Alvarez Cabral discovers Brazil & claims it for Portugal
Apr 23rd - Pedro Cabral lands & annexes Brazil (Terra da Vera Cruz)
Jun 25th - Pope Alexander VI accept Treaty of Granada
Jul 15th - Duke Albrecht of Saxon beats Friese rebellion
Jul 15th - "Blood Wedding" of Astorre Baglione & Lavinia Colonna in Perugia family Baglione massacre
Aug 10th - Portuguese sea captain Diego Diaz is first European to sight Madagascar
Nov 11th - Treaty of Granada: France & Aragon divide Naples
Nov 25th - Governor De Bobadilla of Santo Domingo captures Columbus
Famous Birthdays
Results 1 - 7 of 7
Feb 22nd - Cardinal Rodolfo Pio da Carpi, Italian humanist (d. 1564)
Feb 24th - Carlos V, King of Spain (1516-56)/Holy Roman Emperor
Mar 3rd - Reginald Pole, English Cardinal/"heretic"
Apr 12th - Joachim Camerarius, [Liebhard Kammerer], German humanist
Apr 23rd - Alexander Alesius, [Aless/Alane], System theologist/physician
Apr 23rd - Alexander Ales, Scottish theologian (d. 1565)
Nov 1st - Benvenuto Cellini, sculptor/goldsmith/author (Perseus)
Famous Deaths
Results 1 - 7 of 7
Apr 11th - Michael T Marullus, Greeks poet, drowns
May 29th - Bartholomeu Diaz de Narvaez (Novaez), Portuguese sea explorer, drowns
Sep 12th - Albrecht III van Saxon-Meisen, duke of Saxon, dies at 57
Sep 12th - Albert, Duke of Saxony (b. 1443)
Sep 15th - John Morton, Archbishop of Canterbury
Oct 1st - John Alcock, English Catholic bishop
Oct 21st - Emperor Go-Tsuchimikado of Japan (b. 1442)
