November 17 вЂ“ Agnolo di Cosimo, Italian artist and poet (d.November 13 вЂ“ Ippolita Gonzaga, Italian nun (d.November 12 вЂ“ Philip, Duke of Palatinate-Neuburg, German duke (d.October 4 вЂ“ Isabella of Portugal, Queen of Spain (d.August 12 вЂ“ Christian III of Denmark and Norway (d.July 23 вЂ“ Anne of Bohemia and Hungary, Queen consort of the Romans, Bohemia and Hungary (d.June 30 вЂ“ John Frederick I, Elector of Saxony (d.June 28 вЂ“ Giovanni della Casa, Italian poet (d.June 1 вЂ“ Wilhelm von Grumbach, German adventurer (d.May 1 вЂ“ Celio Secondo Curione, Italian humanist (d.April 18 вЂ“ Henry II of Navarre, King of Navarre (1517вЂ“1555) (d.April 6 вЂ“ Jacob Micyllus, German humanist (d.March 22 вЂ“ Antonio Francesco Grazzini, Italian writer (d.March 11 вЂ“ George Harper, English politician (d.March 10 вЂ“ Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor (d.March 4 вЂ“ Elisabeth of Hesse, Countess Palatine of ZweibrГјcken, later Countess Palatine of Simmern (d.February 24 вЂ“ Johann Gropper, German Catholic cardinal (d.February 11 вЂ“ Elizabeth of York, queen consort of Henry VII of England Elizabeth dies on her 37th birthday, more than a week after giving birth to her daughter Katherine Tudor, who died the previous day.January 18 вЂ“ Joachim of MГјnsterberg-Oels, Duke of MГјnsterberg, Duke of Oels, Count of Kladsko, Bishop of Brandenburg (d.January 11 вЂ“ Parmigianino (Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola), Italian artist (d.January 3 вЂ“ Al-Mutahhar, Imam of the Zaidi state of Yemen (d.From this year until 1650, sixteen million kilograms of silver and 185,000 kilograms of gold will enter the port of Seville.The pocket handkerchief comes into general use in polite European society.The book The Imitation of Christ by Thomas Г Kempis is re-published in an English translation.Leonardo da Vinci probably starts work on painting the Mona Lisa in Florence.Hieronymus Bosch works on the triptych The Garden of Earthly Delights.Mariotto Albertinelli paints The Visitation.Vasco da Gama establishes India's first Portuguese fortress, at Cochin.December 29 вЂ“ Battle of Garigliano, near Gaeta, Italy: Spanish forces under Gonzalo FernГЎndez de CГіrdoba defeat a FrenchвЂ“Italian mercenary army under Ludovico II, Marquess of Saluzzo the French forces withdraw to Gaeta.October 31 вЂ“ Pope Julius II succeeds Pius III, as the 216th pope (some sources list November 1 as the date of election).October 30 вЂ“ Queen Isabella I of Spain prohibits violence against indigenous peoples in the New World.September 22 вЂ“ Pope Pius III (Francesco Todeschini Piccolomini) succeeds Alexander VI as the 215th pope, but dies on October 18.August 20 вЂ“ Stephen III of Moldavia concludes a treaty with Sultan Bayezid II, preserving Moldavia's self-rule at the cost of an annual tribute to the Ottoman Empire.August 8 вЂ“ King James IV of Scotland marries Margaret Tudor, daughter of King Henry VII of England, at Holyrood Abbey, Edinburgh, Scotland.July 30 вЂ“ Saint Helena is first definitively sighted, by ships of Portuguese navigator EstГЄvГЈo da Gama returning from the East.July 23 вЂ“ Orbital calculations suggest that on this day, Pluto moves outside Neptune's orbit, remaining there for 233 years.May 28 James IV of Scotland and Margaret Tudor are married as per the Treaty of Perpetual Peace by Pope Alexander VI, according to Papal bull.May 20 ( Feast of the Ascension) вЂ“ Ascension Island is first definitively sighted, by Portuguese admiral Afonso de Albuquerque.May 13 вЂ“ Naples is captured by the Spanish.May 10 вЂ“ Christopher Columbus discovers the Cayman Islands, which he names Las Tortugas, after the numerous sea turtles there.April 21 вЂ“ Battle of Cerignola: Spanish forces under Gonzalo FernГЎndez de CГіrdoba defeat the French under Louis d'Armagnac, Duke of Nemours, who is killed (considered to be the first battle in history won by gunpowder small arms).April 21 вЂ“ Battle of Seminara: Spanish forces under Fernando de Andrade de las MariГ±as defeat the French under Bernard Stewart, 4th Lord of Aubigny.February 23 вЂ“ FrenchвЂ“Spanish Wars in Italy вЂ“ Battle of Ruvo: The Spanish defeat the French.February 13 вЂ“ Challenge of Barletta: Thirteen Italian knights defeat thirteen French knights, near Barletta.January 24 вЂ“ Construction of the Henry VII Chapel at Westminster Abbey begins in the perpendicular style, the final stage of English Gothic art.January 20 вЂ“ Seville in Castile is awarded exclusive rights to trade with the New World.1503 in various calendars Gregorian calendar

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