1500

align="center" colspan=2 | Years:
1497 1498 1499 - 1500 - 1501 1502 1503

align="center" colspan=2 | Decades:
1470s 1480s 1490s - 1500s - 1510s 1520s 1530s

align="center" | Centuries:
14th century - 15th century - 16th century

Events

Europe's population was ~60 million. (Spielvogel)
January 5 - Duke Ludovico Sforza recaptures Milan, but is soon driven out again by the French.
April 22 - Portuguese navigator Pedro lvares Cabral officially discovers Brazil and claims the land for Portugal.
November 11 - Treaty of Granada - Louis XII of France and Ferdinand II of Aragon agree to divide the Kingdom of Naples between them.
Emperor Go-Kashiwabara ascends to the throne of Japan.
Battle of Hemmingstedt: The Danish army fails to conquer the peasants' republic of Dithmarschen.
Second Battle of Lepanto - The Turkish fleet of Kemal Re'is defeats the Venetians. The Turks proceed to capture Modon, Lepanto, and Koron.
The Luo, a Nilotic people from modern Sudan, settle the Cwezi states, establishing the state of Buganda. (approximate date)
Diogo Dias is the first European to see Madagascar.

February 24 - Charles V of Hapsburg born in Ghent
Bartolom de Escobedo, Spanish composer (approximate date)
Cristbal de Morales, renowned Spanish composer (approximate date)
Luis de Miln, Spanish composer, first to publish music for the guitar (approximate date)
Tielman Susato, Flemish composer and printer (approximate date)

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