1500–1509

Millennium: 2nd millennium
Centuries: 15th century - 16th century - 17th century
Decades: 1470s 1480s 1490s - 1500s - 1510s 1520s 1530s
Years: 1500 1501 1502 1503 1504 1505 1506 1507 1508 1509
Categories: Births - Deaths - Architecture
Establishments - Disestablishments

Events and trends

• Leonardo da Vinci painted the Mona Lisa.
• Spanish people arrived in the Gulf of Mexico.
• Portuguese navigator Pedro Álvares Cabral officially discovered Brazil and claimed the land for Portugal.

World leaders

• King Ferdinand II of Aragon (1479–1516)
• Queen Isabella of Castile (1474–1504)
• King Henry VII of England (1485–1509)
• King Louis XII of France (1498–1515)
• Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor (1493–1519)
• Sultan Beyazid II (1447–1512)
• King James IV of Scotland (1488–1513)

External links

• 1500-1509 Events