Historical Events In 1500
Monday, 16 February 2026
Jan 05 Duke Ludovico Sforza's troops reconquer Milan 


Jan 26 Vicente Yáñez Pinzón is recorded as becoming the inaugural European to set foot on Brazil. 


Feb 17 Battle of Hemmingstedt 


Feb 24 Carlos V, King of Spain (1516-56)/Holy Roman Emperor. 


Mar 03 Reginald Pole, English Cardinal/"heretic" 


Mar 09 Pedro Cabral departs with 13 ships to India. 


Apr 08 Battle at Novara: King Louis XII beats duke Ludovico Sforza 


Apr 10 France captures duke Ludovico Sforza of Milan. 


Apr 11 Michael T Marullus, Greeks poet, drowns 


Apr 12 Joachim Camerarius, [Liebhard Kammerer], German humanist. 


Apr 22 In this year, Pedro Alvarez Cabral discovers Brazil and claims it for Portugal 


Apr 22 Pedro Alvarez Cabral discovers Brazil. 


Apr 22 The area that became Brazil is discovered by Portuguese explorers 


Apr 23 Alexander Alesius, [Aless/Alane], System theologist/physician. 


Apr 23 Pedro Cabral lands and annexes Brazil (Terra da Vera Cruz) 


May 29 Bartholomeu Diaz de Narvaez (Novaez), Portuguese sea explorer, drowns. 


Jun 25 Pope Alexander VI accept Treaty of Granada. 


Jul 15 Duke Albrecht of Saxon beats Friese rebellion. 


Aug 10 Portuguese sea captain Diego Diaz is inaugural European to sight Madagascar 


Sep 12 Albrecht III van Saxon-Meisen, duke of Saxon, dies at 57. 


Sep 15 John Morton, Archbishop of Canterbury 


Oct 01 John Alcock, English Catholic bishop. 


Nov 01 Benvenuto Cellini, sculptor/goldsmith/author (Perseus) 


Nov 11 Treaty of Granada: France and Aragon divide Naples 


Nov 25 Governor De Bobadilla of Santo Domingo captures Columbus. 


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