Famous birthdays, deaths and events of 1500
Birthdays
- February 22 - Cardinal Rodolfo Pio da Carpi, Italian humanist (d. 1564)
- February 24 - Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1558)
- April 12 - Joachim Camerarius, German classical scholar (d. 1574)
- April 23 - Alexander Ales, Scottish theologian (d. 1565)
- November 3 - Benvenuto Cellini, Italian artist (d. 1571)
Deaths
- May 29 - Bartolomeu Dias, Portuguese explorer
- September 12 - Albert, Duke of Saxony (b. 1443)
- September 15 - John Morton, Archbishop of Canterbury
- October 1 - John Alcock, English Catholic bishop
- October 21 - Emperor Go-Tsuchimikado of Japan, (b. 1442)
Events
- January 5 - Duke Ludovico Sforza conquers Milan.
- January 26 - Vicente Yáńez Pinzón becomes the first European to set foot on Brazil.
- February 17 - Battle of Hemmingstedt.
- March 9 - The fleet of Pedro Alvares Cabral leaves Lisbon for the Indies. The fleet will discover the sea route to Brazil, already Portuguese since the treaty of Tordesillas in 1494.
- April 10 - Ludovico Sforza is captured by the Swiss troops at Novara and is handed over to the French.
- April 22 - Portuguese navigator Pedro Álvares Cabral becomes the first European to sight Brazil.
- November 11 - Treaty of Granada
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