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August 18 – Pope Alexander VI dies after a reign of 11 years, and the largest gathering of cardinals up to that time— 21 from Italy, 11 from Spain and 7 from France— is called to Rome for a papal conclave, to start in September.
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This is a list of wars that began between 1500 and 1799. ... (456.8k deaths). 1629 was later surpassed by 1756 (457.5k deaths), at the start of the Seven Years' War. ...
Year 1500 was a leap year starting on Wednesday in the Julian calendar. The year 1500 was not a leap year in the proleptic Gregorian calendar . The year was seen as being especially important by many Christians in Europe , who thought it would bring the beginning of the end of the world .
The following are timelines of modern history, from the end of the Middle Ages, c. 1400 – c. 1500, [1] to the present. General timelines. Early modern period For a ...
1500: First portable watch is created by Peter Henlein of Germany. The Iberian Union in 1598, under Philip II, King of Spain and Portugal; 1513: Juan Ponce de León sights Florida and Vasco Núñez de Balboa sights the eastern edge of the Pacific Ocean. 1519–1522: Ferdinand Magellan and Juan Sebastián Elcano lead the first circumnavigation ...
In April 1500, Portuguese noble Pedro Álvares Cabral claimed the region of Brazil to Portugal; the effective colonization of Brazil began three decades later with the founding of São Vicente in 1532 and the establishment of the system of captaincies in 1534, which was later replaced by other systems.
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