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1500. Leonhard of Gorizia Alfonso of Aragon. February 17 – William III, Landgrave of Hesse (b. 1471) [404] April 10 – Michael Tarchaniota Marullus, Greek scholar ...
Year 1500 was a leap year starting on Wednesday in the Julian calendar. The year 1500 was not a leap year in the proleptic Gregorian calendar . The year was seen as being especially important by many Christians in Europe , who thought it would bring the beginning of the end of the world .
For a full timeline overview, see timeline of British history. There was no concept of "British history" in the 1500s, except that the word "British" was used to refer to the ancient Britons and the Welsh. This page presents a timeline of events in the history of England and Scotland from 1500 until 1599. 1509 England – Henry VIII crowned and married to Catherine of Aragon 1513 England and ...
1500. Publication of This is the Boke of Cokery, the first known printed cookbook in English. 1501. 27 January – Archbishop of Canterbury-elect Thomas Langton dies before his consecration. [citation needed] March – first royal court held at the new Richmond Palace. [1] 26 April – Henry Deane elected to the Archbishopric of Canterbury ...
c. 1500 – Disappearance of Mississippian culture. 1503 – Jaragua massacre; 1504 – Higüey massacre; 1507 – A new world map by Martin Waldseemuller names the continents of the New World "America" in honor of Amerigo Vespucci.
Graph of global conflict deaths from 1500 to 1799 from various sources. This is a list of wars that began between 1500 and 1799. Other wars can be found in the historical lists of wars and the list of wars extended by diplomatic irregularity.
1500: First portable watch is created by Peter Henlein of Germany. The Iberian Union in 1598, under Philip II, King of Spain and Portugal; 1513: Juan Ponce de León sights Florida and Vasco Núñez de Balboa sights the eastern edge of the Pacific Ocean. 1519–1522: Ferdinand Magellan and Juan Sebastián Elcano lead the first circumnavigation ...
The 15th century was the century which spans the Julian calendar dates from 1 January 1401 (represented by the Roman numerals MCDI) to 31 December 1500 (MD). In Europe , the 15th century includes parts of the Late Middle Ages , the Early Renaissance , and the early modern period .