Explore 117 historical events from 1500–1509.
John I Albert was King of Poland from 1492 to his death and Duke of Głogów from 1491 to 1498. He was the fourth Polish sovereign from the Jagiellonian dynasty and the son of Casimi…
John I Albert, Polish king (born 1459)
Agostino Barbarigo was Doge of Venice from 1486 until his death in 1501.
Agostino Barbarigo, Doge of Venice
Thomas Grey, 1st Marquess of Dorset, Earl of Huntingdon, 7th Baron Ferrers of Groby, was an English nobleman, courtier and the eldest son of Elizabeth Woodville and her first husba…
Thomas Grey, 1st Marquess of Dorset, stepson of Edward IV of England (born 1457)
Pedro Álvares Cabral was a Portuguese nobleman, military commander, navigator and explorer regarded as the European discoverer of Brazil. He was the first human in history to ever …
Portuguese navigator Pedro Álvares Cabral lands in Brazil (discovery of Brazil)
Pedro Álvares Cabral was a Portuguese nobleman, military commander, navigator and explorer regarded as the European discoverer of Brazil. He was the first human in history to ever …
Portuguese explorer Pedro Alvarez Cabral reaches new coastline (Brazil)
The Second Ottoman–Venetian War was fought from 1499 to 1503 between the Ottoman Empire and the Republic of Venice for control of contested lands in the Aegean Sea, the Ionian Sea,…
Ottoman–Venetian War (1499–1503): The Ottomans capture Methoni, Messenia.
Alexander Ales or Alexander Alesius was a Scottish theologian who emigrated to Germany and became a Lutheran supporter of the Augsburg Confession.
Alexander Ales, Scottish theologian and academic (died 1565)
Johann Stumpf was an early writer on the history and topography of Switzerland as well as a theologian and cartographer.
Johann Stumpf, Swiss writer (died 1576)
Federico II of Gonzaga was the ruler of the Italian city of Mantua from 1519 until his death. He was also Marquis of Montferrat from 1536.
Federico II Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua (died 1540)
Duke Ernest of Bavaria was the Administrator of the dioceses of Passau and Salzburg and pledge lord of Glatz.
Ernest of Bavaria, pledge lord of the County of Glatz (died 1560)
Federico Cesi was an Italian Roman Catholic bishop and cardinal.
Federico Cesi (cardinal), Italian cardinal (died 1565)
Maria of Jever, known in Jeverland as Fräulein Maria, was the last ruler of the Lordship of Jever from the Wiemken family. She ruled from 1517 to her death.
Maria of Jever, ruler of the Lordship of Jever (died 1575)
Sebastian Newdigate, O.Cart was the seventh child of John Newdigate, Sergeant-at-law. He spent his early life at court, and later became a Carthusian monk. He was executed for trea…
Sebastian Newdigate, Carthusian monk and martyr (died 1535)
Bartolomeu Dias was a Portuguese mariner and explorer. In February 1488, he became the first European navigator to round the southern tip of Africa and to demonstrate that the most…
Bartolomeu Dias, Portuguese explorer and navigator (born 1451)
Thomas Rotherham, also known as Thomas (Scot) de Rotherham, was an English cleric and statesman. He served as bishop of several dioceses, most notably as Archbishop of York and, on…
Thomas Rotherham, English cleric and minister (born 1423)
Alfonso of Aragon, Duke of Bisceglie and Prince of Salerno of the House of Trastámara, was the illegitimate son of Alfonso II King of Naples and his mistress Trogia Gazzella. His f…
Alfonso of Aragon, Spanish prince (born 1481)
Count Philipp I of Hanau-Münzenberg, nicknamed Philipp the Younger, was a son of Count Reinhard III of Hanau and Countess Palatine Margaret of Mosbach. He was the Count of Hanau fr…
Philipp I, Count of Hanau-Münzenberg (born 1449)
Victor, Duke of Münsterberg also: Victor, Duke of Münsterberg and Opava; Czech: Viktorin z Minsterberka; was an Imperial Count from 1459 and Count of Kladsko. From 1462 until his d…
Victor, Duke of Münsterberg and Opava, Count of Glatz (born 1443)
Albert III was Duke of Saxony from 1464 to 1500. Known as Albert the Bold or Albert the Courageous, he founded the Albertine line of the House of Wettin. Initially, he ruled jointl…
Albert III, Duke of Saxony (born 1443)
John Morton was an English cleric, civil lawyer and administrator during the period of the Wars of the Roses. He entered royal service under Henry VI and was a trusted councillor u…
John Morton, English cardinal and academic (born 1420)
Pedro Álvares Cabral was a Portuguese nobleman, military commander, navigator and explorer regarded as the European discoverer of Brazil. He was the first human in history to ever …
A fleet commanded by Pedro Álvares Cabral (pictured) anchored off present-day Brazil; he later claimed the land for the