1505

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Centuries: 15th century - 16th century - 17th century

Decades: 1450s 1460s 1470s 1480s 1490s - 1500s - 1510s 1520s 1530s 1540s 1550s

Years: 1500 1501 1502 1503 1504 - 1505 - 1506 1507 1508 1509 1510


[edit] Events

  • March 5 - Papal dispensation issued for the marriage of Henry VIII of England and Catherine of Aragon
  • Portuguese under Dom Lourenço d'Almeida reach Colombo, Sri Lanka and send envoys to King of Kotte.
  • June 27 - Henry VIII of England repudiates his engagement to Catherine of Aragon, at his father's command
  • King Alexander_of_Poland signed "Nihil_novi" act - Poland became Nobles' Democracy
  • Poland prohibits peasants from leaving their lands, establishing serfdom
  • Christ's College, Cambridge founded.
  • Vasili III succeeds Ivan III as Grand Prince of Muscovy.
  • Idiosa III of Chardonnay murdered.
  • Arabs reach Comoros.
  • Judah Abravanel becomes personal physician to the viceroy of Naples.