Today in History for Year 1504

Months in Year 1504: January February March April May June July August September October November December

Historical Events

Events 1 - 12 of 12

Jan 1st - King Louis XII loses last bulwark in Naples, Caeta
Jan 31st - By treaty of Lyons, French cede Naples to Ferdinand of Aragon
Feb 29th - Columbus uses a lunar eclipse to frighten hostile Jamaican Indians
Mar 31st - France & Spain signs ceasefire
Apr 1st - English guilds/corp goes under state control
Apr 23rd - King Maximilian I routes troops to Bavaria
Aug 19th - Battle of Knockdoe.
Sep 8th - Michelangelo's David is unveiled in Florence.
Sep 13th - Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand issue a Royal Warrant for the construction of a Royal Chapel (Capilla Real) to be built.
Sep 22nd - Settled engagement of Karel of Luxembourg & Claudia the Beaujeu
Sep 22nd - Treaty of Blois: Philip van Bourgondie & Maximilian I & Louis XII
Oct 12th - Queen Isabella I of Spain signs her testament

Famous Birthdays

Birthdays 1 - 7 of 7

Jan 1st - Caspar Cruciger, German church reformer
Jan 17th - Pius V, [Antonio Ghislieri] saint, pope (1566-72)
Mar 31st - Guru Angad Dev, second Sikh guru (d. 1552)
Jun 2nd - George/Joris van Egmont, bishop of Utrecht
Jul 18th - Heinrich Bullinger, Swiss religious reformer (d. 1575)
Aug 6th - Matthew "Nosey" Parker, archbishop of Canterbury
Nov 13th - Philip I (the Generous), Landgrave of Hesse and important early protestant ruler. (d. 1567)

Famous Deaths

Deaths 1 - 7 of 7

Apr 18th - Filippino Lippi, painter, dies at about 52
May 5th - Anton of Burgundy, the Great Bastard, knight, dies at about 82
May 31st - Engelbert II, earl of Nassau-Dillenburg-Dietz, dies
Jul 2nd - Stephen III (Stefan the Great), ruler of Moldavia (1457-1504), dies
Nov 9th - King Ferdinand II of Aragon (b. 1452)
Nov 26th - Queen Isabella I of Castile (b. 1451)
Dec 21st - Bertold von Henneberg-Römhild, German archbishop and elector (b. 1442)