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Revision as of 22:56, 30 December 2002 by JakeVortex (talk | contribs)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)Centuries: 15th century - 16th century - 17th century
Decades: 1450s 1460s 1470s 1480s 1490s - 1500s - 1510s 1520s 1530s 1540s 1550s
Years: 1498 1499 1500 1501 1502 - 1503 - 1504 1505 1506 1507 1508
Events
- James IV of Scotland married Margaret Tudor, daughter of Henry VII of England, on August 8, at Holyrood Abbey, Edinburgh.
- Francesco Todeschini Piccolomini becomes Pope Pius III on September 22, but dies on October 18
- Giuliano della Rovere becomes Pope Julius II succeeding Pope Pius III
- Leonardo da Vinci starts work on the Mona Lisa
- Perpendicular style chapel added to Westminster Abbey
- Battle of Ruvo - French-Spanish Wars in Italy
- Vasco da Gama established India's first Portuguese fortress at Cochin
- Mariotto Albertinelli paints his masterpiece, the "Visitation of the Virgin"
Births
- Mar 10 -Ferdinand I of Germany (1503-1564, emperor from 1556)
- Sir Thomas Wyatt a poet and Ambassador in the service of Henry VIII
- December 14 - Nostradamus (astrologer)
- Robert Estienne, printer in Paris, was the first to print the Bible divided into standard numbered verses
- Parmigianino, Italian painter and master draftsman (+ 1540)
Deaths
- February 11 - Elizabeth of York, consort of King Henry VII, dies on her 38th birthday.
- Margaret of York sister of Edward IV of England
- August 18 - Pope Alexander VI
- Andreas Proles, German Augustinian theologian
- Piero II de Medici (the Unfortunate), Lord of Florence
- Lorenzo the Popolano, Lord of Piombino