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Years:
1505 1506 1507 - 1508 - 1509 1510 1511
Decades:
1470s 1480s 1490s - 1500s - 1510s 1520s 1530s
Centuries:
15th century - 16th century - 17th century

Events

  • February - Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor attacks Venice
  • June 6 - Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor is defeated in Friulia by Venetian forces; he is forced to sign a three year truce and cede several territories to Venice
  • December 10 - League of Cambrai formed as an alliance against Venice between Pope Julius II, Louis XII of France, Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor and Ferdinand II of Aragon.
  • December - Michelangelo Buonarroti begins work on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel
  • Births

  • Primoz Trubar, the author of the first printed book in Slovenian
  • Fernando Alvarez de Toledo, Duke of Alva
  • Jean Daurat
  • November 30 - Andrea Palladio
  • Deaths

  • May 27 - Ludovico Sforza, former Duke of Milan.
  • Isaac Abrabanel (also called Isaac Abravanel, Isaac Abarbanel), Jewish statesman, philosopher and theologian
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