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

The 1500s decade ran from January 1, 1500, to December 31, 1509.

[edit] 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.

[edit] 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 (1481–1512)
• King James IV of Scotland (1488–1513)

[edit] External links

• 1500-1509 Events