1501

Years: 1498 1499 1500 - 1501 - 1502 1503 1504

Decades: 1470s 1480s 1490s - 1500s - 1510s 1520s 1530s

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

Events

• Alexander becomes King of Poland.
• The Safavid kingdom was established in northern Iran.
• Martin Luther enters the University of Erfurt.

Births

• January 16 - Anthony Denny, confidant of Henry VIII of England (died 1559)
• January 17 - Leonhart Fuchs, German physician and botanist (died 1566)
• May 6 - Pope Marcellus II (died 1555)
• July 18 - Isabella of Burgundy, queen of Christian II of Denmark (died 1526)
• September 24 - Gerolamo Cardano, Italian mathematician, physician, astrologer and gambler (died 1567)
• November 25 - Yi Hwang, Korean Confucian scholar (died 1570)
• Girolamo da Carpi, Italian painter (died 1556)
• Dawit II of Ethiopia (died 1540)
• Nikolaus Federmann, German adventurer in Venezuela and Colombia (died 1542)
• Nicholas Heath, Archbishop of York and Lord Chancellor (approximate date; died 1578)
• Pedro de Mendoza, Spanish conquistador (died 1537)
• John Dudley, 1st Duke of Northumberland, Tudor nobleman and politician (died 1553)
• Garcia de Orta, Portuguese physician
• Hilaire Penet, French composer
• Murakami Yoshikiyo, Japanese nobleman (died 1573)

Marriages

• November 14 - Arthur Tudor and Catherine of Aragon.

Deaths

• September 20 - Thomas Grey, 1st Marquess of Dorset, stepson of Edward IV of England (born 1457)
• Gaspar Corte-Real, Portuguese explorer (born 1450)
• John Doget, English diplomat
• Constantine Lascaris, Greek scholar and grammarian