Today in History for Year 1502

Months in Year 1502: January February March April May June July August September October November December

Historical Events

Events 1 - 14 of 14

Jan 1st - Portuguese navigators discover Rio de Janeiro
Jan 20th - The present-day location of Rio de Janeiro is first explored.
Feb 12th - Granada Moslems forced to convert to Catholicism
Feb 12th - Vasco da Gama sets sail from Lisbon, Portugal on his second voyage to India.
Feb 25th - Austrian emperor Maximilian I reformats government machine
Mar 11th - Tebriz] shah Ismail I of Persia crowned
May 9th - Columbus left Spain on his 4th & final trip to New World
May 11th - Columbus begins 4th & last trip to "Indies"
May 21st - Portuguese admiral Da Nova discovers St Helena
Jun 19th - Emperor Maximilian I & England sign treaty of Antwerp
Sep 18th - Christopher Columbus lands at Costa Rica on his 4th & last voyage
Oct 16th - Storm ravages Friese coast
Oct 30th - Vasco da Gama returns to Calicut for the second time.
Dec 31st - Cesare Borgia (son of pope Alexander VI) occupies Urbino

Famous Birthdays

Birthdays 1 - 10 of 10

Jan 7th - Gregory XIII [Ugo Boncompagni], Bologna, Papal States, Italian pope (1572-85), introduced Gregorian calendar in 1582
Jan 10th - Hendrik Niclaes, German/Dutch merchant/cult leader (Children of God)
Feb 2nd - Damião de Góis, Portuguese philosopher (d. 1574)
Mar 20th - Pierino Belli, Italian soldier and jurist (d. 1575)
Apr 25th - Georg Major, German Protestant theologian (d. 1574)
Jun 6th - King John III of Portugal (d. 1557)
Jul 27th - Pier Francesco Corteccia, composer
Aug 4th - Pieter Coecke van Aelst, Flemish painter/carpet designer
Sep 13th - John Leland, English antiquarian (d. 1552)
Nov 17th - Atahualpa, last emperor of the Inca (d. 1533)

Famous Weddings

Weddings 1 - 1 of 1

Aug 8th - Jacobus IV of Scotland marries Margaretha Tudor

Famous Deaths

Deaths 1 - 5 of 5

Feb 1st - Olivier de la Marche, Flemish writer/poet/governor, dies
Apr 2nd - Arthur, English crown prince/husband of Catharina of Aragon, dies
Apr 15th - Jan IV Chalon, prince of Orange, dies
May 6th - James Tyrrell, alleged murderer of the Princes in the Tower (executed)
Dec 23rd - Margaretha, English princess of Burgundy, dies at 57