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Events. Births. Deaths. References. 1500s (decade) The 1500s ran from January 1, 1500, to December 31, 1509. February 17, 1500: Battle of Hemmingstedt. September 8, 1504: Michelangelo 's David is completed. Events. 1500. January–March. January 5 – Duke Ludovico Sforza recaptures Milan, but is soon driven out again by the French. [1]
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January–March
1. January 4 – The Epiphany Rising begins in England against King Henry IV by nobles planning to restore King Richard II to the throne, and is quickly crushed. Baron Lumley dies after attempting to seize Cirencester. The Earl of Salisbury and the Earl of Kent are captured and beheaded on January 7. Sir Thomas Blount is hanged, drawn and quartered at Oxford on January 12. Thomas le Despenser, 1st Earl of Gloucester is captured and executed by a mob in Bristol on January 13. The Earl of Hunting...
April–June
1. April 21 – Sir Thomas Percy, 1st Earl of Worcester, resigns as England's Admiral of the North and West to join the resistance against King Henry IV. The office will remain vacant for more than six years. Percy will be beheaded in 1403 after his defeat in the Battle of Shrewsbury. 2. April 23 – In what is now Romania, Alexandru cel Bun (Alexander the Good) is installed as the new Prince (Voivode) of Moldavia by Mircea the Elder, the Voivode of Wallachia, after Mircea removes the reigning mo...
July–September
1. July 7 – Sir John Swinton, an envoy of King Robert III of Scotland, crosses the border into England along with 20 knights, after being given a writ of safe conduct by King Henry IV to allow their travel to negotiate during the standoff between the two British kingdoms between phases of the Hundred Years' War. 2. July 26 – Jagiellonian University is re-established in Kraków by order of King Władysław II, with the creation of the Faculty of Theology at what is then called the Kraków Academy....
January–December
1. January 6 – Rupert, King of Germany, is crowned King of the Romans at Cologne. 2. March 2 – William Sawtrey, a Lollard, is the first person to be burned at the stake at Smithfield, London. 3. March 13 – The Samogitians, supported by Grand Duke Vytautas of Lithuania, rebel against the Teutonic knights and burn two castles. Vytautas is granted increased autonomy by King Jogaila of the Poland–Lithuaniaunion. 4. March 17 – Turko-Mongol emperor Timur sacks Damascus. 5. June 5.1. The English Pal...
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1. The De heretico comburendo Act is passed in England, as the Archbishop of Canterbury pressures King Henry IV of England into outlawing as heretics the Lollards, followers of John Wycliffe. Evidence of being a Lollard is having a copy of Wycliffe's translation of the Bible. 2. Dilawar Khan establishes the Malwa Sultanate in present-day northern India. 3. Emperor Hồ Quý Ly of Dai Ngu (now Vietnam) passes the throne to his son, Hồ Hán Thương. 4. A civil war, lasting four years, breaks out in...
January–December
1. January 29 – King Jogaila of the Poland–Lithuania Union answers the rumblings against his rule of Poland, by marrying Anna of Celje, a granddaughter of Casimir III of Poland. 2. March 26 – David Stewart, Duke of Rothesay, heir to the throne of Scotland, dies while being held captive by his uncle, Robert Stewart, 1st Duke of Albany. 3. May 21 – Following the death of Queen Maria of Sicily, her husband Martin I of Sicily, now sole ruler, marries Blanche of Navarre. 4. June 22 4.1. Battle of...
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1. The Malacca Sultanateis established at Melaka Darul Azim (modern-day Melaka Darul Azim, Malaysia). 2. After the Christian Knights of Saint John, who are ruling Smyrna, refuse to convert to Islam or pay tribute, Timur has the entire population massacred. The Knights subsequently begin building Bodrum Castle in Bodrum, to defend against future attacks. 3. Conquest of the Canary Islands: King Henry III of Castile sends French explorer Jean de Béthencourt to colonize the Canary Islands. Béthen...
January–December
1. January / February – Treaty of Gallipoli: Süleyman Çelebi makes wide-ranging concessions to the Byzantine Empireand other Christian powers, in the southern Balkans. 2. February 7 – King Henry IV of England marries as his second wife Joan of Navarre, the daughter of King Charles II of Navarre and widow of John IV, Duke of Brittany, at Winchester Cathedral. 3. March 12 – As King Martin I of Aragon helps to end the siege by the French of the papal palace in Avignon, Antipope Benedict XIII fle...
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1. Jan Hus begins preaching Wycliffite ideas in Bohemia. 2. In China, the Yongle Emperor of the Ming dynasty 2.1. moves the capital from Nanjing to Beijing. 2.2. commissions the Yongle Encyclopedia, one of the world's earliest and largest known general encyclopedias. 2.3. orders his coastal provinces to build a vast fleet of ships, with construction centered at Longjiang near Nanjing; the inland provinces are to provide wood and float it down the Yangtze River. 3. The Temple of a City God is...
January–December
1. April or May – Battle of Blackpool Sands: Local English forces defeat an attempted raid from Saint-Malo on the port of Dartmouth, Devon; the French commander, William du Chastel, is killed. 2. June 14 – Rebel leader Owain Glyndŵr, having declared himself Prince of Wales, allies with the French against the English. He later begins holding parliamentaryassemblies. 3. October 17 – Pope Innocent VII succeeds Pope Boniface IX, as the 204th pope. 4. November 19 – St. Elizabeth's flood: A flood o...
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1. Jean de Béthencourt becomes the first ruler of the Kingdom of the Canary Islands. 2. Stephan Tvrtko II succeeds Stefan Ostoja as King of Bosnia. 3. Peace is declared between Lithuania and the Teutonic Knights, after they agree to exchange land and form an alliance against Muscovy. 4. Wallachia reaches its maximum extent under Mircea cel Bătrân. 5. The University of Turinis founded. 6. Timur is hit by a fever, while preparing to invade China. 7. Centurione II Zaccaria succeeds Maria II Zacc...
January–December
1. May 29 – In England, Ralph Neville, 1st Earl of Westmorland, meets Richard le Scrope, Archbishop of York and Earl of Norfolk Thomas Mowbrayin Shipton Moor, tricks them to send their rebellious army home, and then imprisons them. 2. June 8 – Richard le Scrope, Archbishop of York and Thomas Mowbray, Earl of Norfolk, are executed in York on Henry IV's orders. 3. July 11 – Ming Dynasty fleet commander Zheng He sets sail from Suzhou, to explore the worldfor the first time. 4. October 5 – Christ...
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1. The first record is written of whiskey being consumed in Ireland, where it is distilled by Catholic monks. 2. Bellifortis, a book on military technology, is published by Konrad Kyeser. 3. Christine de Pizan writes The Book of the City of Ladies.
January–December
1. April 4 – James I becomes King of Scotland, after having been captured by Henry IV of England. 2. October 7 – French troops comprising 1,000 men at arms land on Jersey, and fight a battle against 3,000 defenders.: 50–1 3. October 13 – Richard Whittington is elected Lord Mayor of London for a second full term. He holds this office simultaneously, with that of Mayor of the Calais Staple. 4. October 26 – Eric of Pomeraniamarries Philippa, daughter of Henry IV of England. 5. November 30 – Pope...
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1. Construction of the Forbidden City begins in Beijing during the Chinese Ming Dynasty. 2. Pisa is subjugated by Florence.
January–December
1. April 10 – After several invitations by the Yongle Emperor of China since 1403, the fifth Karmapa of the Karma Kagyu sect of Tibetan Buddhism, the lama Deshin Shekpa, finally visits the Ming dynasty capital, then at Nanjing. In his twenty-two-day visit, he thrills the Ming court with alleged miracles that are recorded in a gigantic scroll, translated into five different languages. In a show of mystical prowess, Deshin Shekpa adds legitimacy to a questionable succession to the throne by Yon...
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1. Rudolfo Belenzani leads a revolt against Bishop Georg von Liechtenstein in Trento, Bishopric of Trent. 2. David Holbache founds Oswestry School, in the Welsh Marches. 3. Mateu Texidor finishes the Puente de la Trinidad bridge in Valencia, Spain.
January–December
1. February 19 – Battle of Bramham Moor: A royalist army defeats the last remnants of the Percy Rebellion. 2. September – Henry, Prince of Wales (later Henry V of England) retakes Aberystwyth from Owain Glyndŵr. 3. September 16 – Thorstein Olafssøn marries Sigrid Bjørnsdatter in Hvalsey Church, in the last recorded event of the Norse history of Greenland. 4. December 5 – Emir Edigu of the Golden Hordereaches Moscow. 5. December 13 – The Order of the Dragon is founded under King Sigismund of H...
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1. The Moldavian town of Iaşiis first mentioned. 2. The Yongle Encyclopediais completed. 3. Gotland passes under Danishrule. 4. Zheng He delivers 300 virgins from Korea to the Chineseemperor. 5. Mihail I becomes co-ruler of Wallachia, with his father Mircea cel Bătrân.
January–December
1. January 1 – The Welsh surrender Harlech Castle to the English. 2. January 18 – The Decree of Kutná Hora strengthens the Bohemian Nation at thee cost of foreign, mostly German speaking students at the University of Prague. Over a thousand students leave Prague as a consequence, chosing instead the universities of Heidelberg and the new university of Leipzig established later in the year. 3. March 25 – The Council of Pisa opens. On June 5 it deposes Pope Gregory XII and Antipope Benedict XII...
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1. Ulugh Beg becomes governor of Samarkand. 2. The Republic of Venice purchases the port of Zadar from Hungary. 3. Grand Master Ulrich von Jungingen of the Teutonic Knights guarantees peace with the Kalmar Union of Scandinavia, by selling the Baltic Sea island of Gotland to Queen Margaret of Denmark, Norway and Sweden. 4. Cheng Ho (or Zheng He), admiral of the Ming empire fleet, deposes the king of Sri Lanka. 5. Mircea cel Bătrân successfully defends Silistraagainst the Ottomans.
1500s may refer to: The period from 1500 to 1599, almost synonymous with the 16th century (1501–1600) 1500s (decade), the period from 1500 to 1509.
