1504

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Centuries: 15th century - 16th century - 17th century

Decades: 1450s 1460s 1470s 1480s 1490s - 1500s - 1510s 1520s 1530s 1540s 1550s

Years: 1499 1500 1501 1502 1503 - 1504 - 1505 1506 1507 1508 1509


1513 was a year of the Gregorian calendar, that started on a Friday.

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  • January 1 - French troops surrender Gaeta to the Spanish under Cordoba.
  • January 31 - France cedes Naples to Aragon.
  • February 29 - Christopher Columbus uses his knowldege of a lunar eclipse that night to convince Native Americans to provide him with supplies.
  • Michelangelo (Michelangelo Buonarroti) finishes his sculpture of David - August 8 it is erected in Florence.
  • Moldavia, Stephan III the Great fights against Turkey and Poland.
  • Baber besieges and captures Kabul.
  • Ferdinand II of Aragon becomes King of Naples as Ferdinand III.
  • Christopher Columbus return to Spain from his fourth voyage where he and his younger son, Ferdinand, explored the coast of Central America from Belize to Panama.
  • Aldo Manuzio publishes Demosthenes.
  • Grünenwald: "Crucifixion".
  • Voyage of Juan de la Cosa to South America.
  • A Funj leader, Amara Dunqas, founds the Black Sultanate (As Saltana az Zarqa) at Sennar. (History of Sudan (Coming of Islam to the Turkiyah))

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