1502
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Years:
1499
1500
1501
-
1502
-
1503
1504
1505
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Decades
:
1470s
1480s
1490s
-
1500s
-
1510s
1520s
1530s
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Centuries
:
15th century
-
16th century
-
17th century
Events
January 1
-
Portuguese
explorers sailed into
Guanabra Bay
,
Brazil
and mistook it for the mouth of a river which they named
Rio de Janeiro
May 9
-
Christopher Columbus
leaves
Spain
for his fourth and final trip to the "
New World
".
May 21
- Portuguese discover island of
St Helena
.
December 31
-
Cesare Borgia
imprisons two potentially treacherous allies, Vitelozzo and Oliveretto - he executes them the next morning.
Ivan III of Russia
and
Mengli Ghiray
of
Crimean Khanate
attack
Grand Duchy of Lithuania
without much success.
Mengli Ghiray of Crimean Khanate destroys
Saray
, capital of
Big Horde
Aztec
ruler
Auitzotl
dies;
Moctezuma II
elected emperor.
Peter Henlein
builds the first
pocketwatch
.
"
Newfoundland
" gets its name from a letter.
Christopher Columbus
lands at Trujillo and named the mainland "
Honduras
".
Wittenberg
University
founded.
Births
January 7
-
Pope Gregory XIII
, who implements the
Gregorian Calendar
in
1582
June 6
- King
John III of Portugal
John Leland
- English
antiquarian
Anne Boleyn
- Later second
Queen consort
of
Henry VIII of England
. Another possible year of birth is
1507
.
Cuauhtmoc
, later
Aztec
ruler of
Tenochtitlan
(estimated date).
Elizabeth Blount
, later mistress of Henry VIII of England (approximate date).
Deaths
2 April
-
Arthur Tudor
(son of
Henry VII of England
).
6 May
-
James Tyrrell
, executed; alleged murderer of the
Princes in the Tower
Auitzotl
,
Aztec
ruler of
Tenochtitlan
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