Explore 117 historical events from 1500–1509.
Francesco Primaticcio was an Italian Mannerist painter, architect and sculptor who spent most of his career in France.
Francesco Primaticcio, Italian painter (died 1570)
Stanislaus Hosius was a Polish Roman Catholic cardinal. From 1551 he was the Prince-Bishop of the Bishopric of Warmia in Royal Prussia, and from 1558, he served as the papal legate…
Stanislaus Hosius, Polish cardinal (died 1579)
Antun Vrančić or Antonio Veranzio was a Croatian prelate, writer, diplomat and Archbishop of Esztergom in the 16th century. Antun Vrančić was from the Dalmatian town of Šibenik, th…
Antun Vrančić, Croatian archbishop (died 1573)
Heinrich Bullinger was a Swiss Reformer and theologian, the successor of Huldrych Zwingli as head of the Church of Zürich and a pastor at the Grossmünster. One of the most importan…
Heinrich Bullinger, Swiss pastor and reformer (died 1575)
Matthew Parker was an English bishop. He was the Archbishop of Canterbury in the Church of England from 1559 to his death. He was also an influential theologian and arguably the co…
Matthew Parker, English archbishop (died 1575)
David is a masterpiece of Italian Renaissance sculpture in marble created from 1501 to 1504 by Michelangelo. With a height of 5.17 metres, the David was not only the first colossal…
Michelangelo's David is unveiled in Piazza della Signoria in Florence.
Philip III, Count of Nassau-Weilburg was a Count of the Nassau-Weilburg. Among his major achievements were the introduction of the Reformation, the foundation of the Gymnasium Phil…
Philip III, Count of Nassau-Weilburg (died 1559)
Engelbert II of Nassau, Engelbrecht in Dutch, was count of Nassau and Vianden and lord of Breda, Lek, Diest, Roosendaal, Nispen and Wouw. He was a soldier and courtier, for some ti…
Engelbert II of Nassau (born 1451)
Bernhard Walther was a German merchant, humanist and astronomer based in Nuremberg, Germany.
Bernhard Walther, German astronomer and humanist (born 1430)
Stephen III, better known as Stephen the Great, was Voivode of Moldavia from 1457 until his death. He was one of the most prominent rulers of late medieval Eastern Europe, noted fo…
Stephen III of Moldavia (born 1434)
Thomas Stanley, 1st Earl of Derby, KG was an English nobleman. He was the stepfather of King Henry VII of England. He was the eldest son of Thomas Stanley, 1st Baron Stanley and Jo…
Thomas Stanley, 1st Earl of Derby (born 1435)
Philibert II, nicknamed the Handsome or the Good, was the Duke of Savoy from 1497 until his death.
Philibert II, Duke of Savoy (born 1480)
Elisabeth of Bavaria was a member of the House of Wittelsbach and, by marriage, Electress of the Palatinate. After her father's death, she was also Duchess of Bavaria-Landshut.
Elisabeth of Bavaria, Electress of the Palatinate (born 1478)
The Battle of Cerignola was fought on 28 April 1503 between Spanish and French armies outside the town of Cerignola, Apulia, Kingdom of Naples, approximately 80 kilometres (50 mi) …
The Battle of Cerignola is fought
Christopher Columbus was an Italian explorer and navigator from the Republic of Genoa who completed four Spanish transatlantic voyages in the name of the Catholic Monarchs, opening…
Christopher Columbus visits the Cayman Islands and names them Las Tortugas after the numerous turtles there
Henry II, nicknamed Sangüesino because he was born in Sangüesa, was the King of Navarre from 1517. The kingdom had been reduced to a small territory north of the Pyrenees mountains…
Henry II of Navarre (died 1555)
Giovanni della Casa was an Italian poet, diplomat, clergyman and inquisitor, and writer on etiquette and society. He is celebrated for his famous treatise on polite behavior, Il Ga…
Giovanni della Casa, Italian author and poet (died 1556)
John Frederick I was the Prince-Elector and Arch-Marshal of the Holy Roman Empire (1532–1547) from the Ernestine branch of the Saxon ruling House of Wettin, who initially governed …
John Frederick I, Elector of Saxony (died 1554)
James IV was King of Scotland from 11 June 1488 until his death at the Battle of Flodden in 1513. He inherited the throne at the age of fifteen on the death of his father, James II…
King James IV of Scotland marries Margaret Tudor, daughter of King Henry VII of England at Holyrood Abbey in…
Anna of Bohemia and Hungary, sometimes known as Anna Jagellonica, was Queen of Germany, Bohemia, and Hungary and Archduchess of Austria as the wife of King Ferdinand I.
Anne of Bohemia and Hungary (died 1547)
Christian III reigned as King of Denmark from 1534 and King of Norway from 1537 until his death in 1559. During his reign, Christian formed close ties between the church and the cr…
Christian III of Denmark (died 1559)
Lorenzo di Pierfrancesco de' Medici, nicknamed the Popolano, was an Italian banker and politician, the brother of Giovanni il Popolano. He belonged to the junior branch of the Hous…
Lorenzo di Pierfrancesco de' Medici, Italian banker and politician (born 1463)
Sir Reginald Bray was an English administrator and statesman. He was the Chancellor of the Duchy and County Palatine of Lancaster under Henry VII, briefly Treasurer of the Excheque…
Reginald Bray, English architect and politician, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (born 1440)
Pierre d'Aubusson was a Grand Master of the Order of Saint John of Jerusalem, and a zealous opponent of the Ottoman Empire.
Pierre d'Aubusson, Grand Master of the Knights of Rhodes (born 1423)