Explore the major historical events, famous births, and notable deaths that occurred in the year 1500. This year saw 10 significant events. 1 notable figure was born.
Pedro Álvares Cabral was a Portuguese nobleman, military commander, navigator and explorer regarded as the European discoverer of Brazil.
"Blood Wedding" of Astorre Baglione & Lavinia Colonna in Perugia family Baglione massacre
King Manuel of Portugal (31) marries his second wife Maria of Aragon (18), daughter of the Catholic Monarchs of Spain and the sister of his first wife Isabella, in Alcácer do Sal
Vicente Yáñez Pinzón becomes the first European to set foot in Brazil
Battle of Hemmingstedt: German peasant army of Dithmarschen repels King John of Denmark and his brother Duke Frederick's army of Schleswig and Holstein
Pope Alexander VI (Italian: Alessandro VI, Valencian: Alexandre VI, Spanish: Alejandro VI; born Roderic Llançol i de Borja; epithet: Valentinus ("The Valencian"); c. 1431 – 18 August 1503) was head...
Albert III, Duke of Saxony defeats the Friesian rebellion
Portuguese sea captain Diego Diaz is first European to sight Madagascar
Predro Álvares Cabral and his Portuguese expedition arrive in Calicut, India
The Treaty of Granada (1500), signed on 11 November 1500, was a secret treaty between Ferdinand II of Aragon and Louis XII of France, in which they agreed to partition the Kingdom of Naples.
Charles V is born
Pedro Álvares Cabral was a Portuguese nobleman, military commander, navigator and explorer regarded as the European discoverer of Brazil.
"Blood Wedding" of Astorre Baglione & Lavinia Colonna in Perugia family Baglione massacre
King Manuel of Portugal (31) marries his second wife Maria of Aragon (18), daughter of the Catholic Monarchs of Spain and the sister of his first wife Isabella, in Alcácer do Sal
Vicente Yáñez Pinzón becomes the first European to set foot in Brazil
Battle of Hemmingstedt: German peasant army of Dithmarschen repels King John of Denmark and his brother Duke Frederick's army of Schleswig and Holstein
Pope Alexander VI (Italian: Alessandro VI, Valencian: Alexandre VI, Spanish: Alejandro VI; born Roderic Llançol i de Borja; epithet: Valentinus ("The Valencian"); c. 1431 – 18 August 1503) was head...
Albert III, Duke of Saxony defeats the Friesian rebellion
Portuguese sea captain Diego Diaz is first European to sight Madagascar
Predro Álvares Cabral and his Portuguese expedition arrive in Calicut, India
The Treaty of Granada (1500), signed on 11 November 1500, was a secret treaty between Ferdinand II of Aragon and Louis XII of France, in which they agreed to partition the Kingdom of Naples.