Historical figures in 1500

The atlas holds 7 people and 13 moments here, in 1500. The most recorded lives are Christopher Columbus, Leonardo da Vinci and Bartolomeu Dias. Among them Writers, Political Leaders and Engineers and Inventors.

Notable people

  1. Bartolomeu Dias

    in 1500

    2 moments here

    Portuguese navigator and explorer best known for leading the first recorded European voyage around southern Africa.…

  2. Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor

    in 1500

    1 moment here

    Charles V (1500–1558), also Charles I of Spain, was Holy Roman Emperor, king of Spain, and ruler of the Habsburg Netherlands.…

  3. Christopher Columbus

    in 1500

    4 moments here

    Genoese navigator who completed four Castilian-sponsored Atlantic expeditions between 1492 and 1504.…

  4. Guru Nanak

    in 1500

    1 moment here

    Guru Nanak (1469–1539) was the founder and first guru of Sikhism. His early life is associated with Talwandi (now Nankana Sahib), Sultanpur Lodhi,…

  5. Leonardo da Vinci

    in 1500

    3 moments here

    Italian Renaissance painter, draftsman, engineer, architect, anatomist, and natural philosopher.…

  6. Niccolò Machiavelli

    in 1500

    1 moment here

    Florentine diplomat, civil servant, political theorist, playwright, and historian of the Italian Renaissance.…

  7. Nicolaus Copernicus

    in 1500

    1 moment here

    Renaissance astronomer, canon, physician, administrator, and economist whose heliocentric model placed the Sun rather than Earth at the center of the…

Moments

  1. 1500 Residence at Sultanpur Lodhi Guru Nanak
  2. 1500 Flees to Venice Leonardo da Vinci
  3. 1500 Returns to Florence Leonardo da Vinci
  4. 1500 Jubilee-year stay in Rome Nicolaus Copernicus
  5. 1500 Birth at the Prinsenhof Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor
  6. 1500 Returns to Santo Domingo Christopher Columbus
  7. 1500 Landing at Cabrália Bay Bartolomeu Dias
  8. 1500 Stays in Bologna Leonardo da Vinci
  9. 1500 Death in storm off the Cape Bartolomeu Dias
  10. 1500 First French mission Niccolò Machiavelli
  11. 1500 Surrenders to Bobadilla Christopher Columbus
  12. 1500 Arrives in Cádiz as a prisoner Christopher Columbus
  13. 1500 Appears before the monarchs at the Alhambra Christopher Columbus

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