Wars, battles and sieges18
- Muscovite-Lithuanian War of 1500-15031500–1503 · Wars & conflicts
- Battle of HemmingstedtBattles
- Battle of NovaraBattles
- Battle of VedroshaBattles
- Battle of ModonBattles
- Siege of the Castle of Saint George1500–1501 · Sieges
- Chanka–Inca WarWars & conflicts
- Safavid conquest of Shirvan1500–1501 · Wars & conflicts
- Navajo Wars1500–1866 · Wars & conflicts
- Battle of JabaniBattles
- First Luso-Malabarese War1500–1514 · Wars & conflicts
- Katzenelnbogener Erbfolgekrieg1500–1557 · Wars & conflicts
- Malacca–Majapahit conflictWars & conflicts
- Siamese invasion of MalaccaWars & conflicts
- Siege of ModonSieges
- Tijarafe–Aceró battleBattles
- Cross 120m south west of Tollgate FarmWars & conflicts
- Nußdorf war memorial chapelWars & conflicts
Revolts, massacres and attacks3
- Oyake Akahachi rebellionRevolts & coups
- Albanian uprisings in the Ottoman Empire1500–1900 · Revolts & coups
- Portuguese raids in SenegambiaAttacks
Treaties, councils and politics1
- Treaty of CochinTreaties
Disasters1
- Lac de MontriondNatural disasters
Expeditions1
- Expedition to RiauExpeditions
Other events1
- Colonisation of HokkaidoOther events
Already under way in 150042
- Italian Wars1494–1559 · Wars & conflicts
- Ottoman Wars in Europe1354–1683 · Wars & conflicts
- Ottoman–Venetian Wars1396–1718 · Wars & conflicts
- Muscovite-Lithuanian Wars1487–1583 · Wars & conflicts
- Second Ottoman–Venetian War1499–1503 · Wars & conflicts
- voyages by Christopher Columbus1492–1504 · Expeditions
- Ottoman–Hungarian Wars1366–1526 · Wars & conflicts
- Italian Wars of 1499–15041499–1504 · Wars & conflicts
- Hundred Years' Croatian–Ottoman War1493–1593 · Wars & conflicts
- Rebellion of the Alpujarras1499–1501 · Revolts & coups
- Russo-Kazan Wars1438–1552 · Wars & conflicts
- Anglo-French Wars1109–1509 · Wars & conflicts
- Moldavian–Ottoman Wars1420–1538 · Wars & conflicts
- Polish-Ottoman War of 1485–15031485–1503 · Wars & conflicts
- Polish–Teutonic Wars1308–1521 · Wars & conflicts
Came to an end in 15002
- Kazakh War of Independence1468–1500 · Wars & conflicts
- Siege of Forlì1499–1500 · Sieges
Founded or built in 1500267
- BrazilStates & realms
- WuhanSettlements
- DavidMonuments
- Khanate of BukharaStates & realms
- Palace of the ShirvanshahsPalaces
- White Tower of ThessalonikiTowers
- El Camino Real de Tierra AdentroTransport
- ShaybanidsStates & realms
- Palazzo Medici RiccardiPalaces
- Emerald BuddhaArchaeology
- CittadellaCastles & forts
- Veliki Tabor CastleCastles & forts
- GremiCastles & forts
- Edirne PalaceArchaeology
- Gvozdansko CastleCastles & forts
- Equestrian statue of GattamelataMonuments
- Terzi BridgeMonuments
- Grodziec CastleCastles & forts
- PiombiPrisons
- Palazzo Pisani MorettaPalaces
- Arad FortCastles & forts
- Castillo de La CalahorraCastles & forts
- Emirate of DhalaStates & realms
- MaynilaStates & realms
- Ijebu KingdomStates & realms
- Château d'Ainay-le-VieilPalaces
- Palau de la Generalitat ValencianaPalaces
- Rydboholm CastleCastles & forts
- DivankhanaMonuments
- Kotoko kingdomStates & realms
+237 more, on the globe.
Stories that pass through 1500
The Discovery of the Pacific IslandsFinding a third of the planet without instruments, 3000 BC - AD 1500
The Unification of JapanFrom the Ōnin War to the fall of Osaka, 1467–1615
The Discovery of AmericaFifty-three years, from a beach in the Bahamas to the silver of Potosí, 1492–1545
Volcanic EruptionsEvery significant eruption on record since 1500
Nearby years
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