1506

August 19 Sigismund I the Old succeeds his

brother as king of Poland.

This article is about the year 1506.

Year 1506 (MDVI) was a common year starting on

November 6 Pope Julius II personally leads his

troops into Bologna, retaking the city from the excommunicated tyrant Giovanni II Bentivoglio.

1.3 Date unknown

The Portuguese mariner Tristo da Cunha sights the
islands of Tristan da Cunha, naming them after himself.
In Ming dynasty China, the costs of the courier system are met by a tax in silver on land instead of
corve labor service.
Duarte Barbosa returns to Lisbon.
Johannes Trithemius becomes abbot of the
monastery of St. Jacob at Wrzburg.

January 22: Swiss Guard.

Leonardo da Vinci completes most of his work on

the Mona Lisa.

Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian

calendar.

2 Births

Events

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February George Buchanan, Scottish humanist

scholar (d. 1582)

JanuaryJune

February 2 Ren de Birague, French cardinal and

chancellor (d. 1583)

January 14 The classical statue of Laocon and

His Sons is unearthed in Rome. On the recommendation of Giuliano da Sangallo and Michelangelo,
Pope Julius II purchases it and places it on public
display in the Vatican a month later.

February 15 Juliana of Stolberg, German countess

(d. 1580)
April 7 Francis Xavier, Spanish Jesuit saint (d.
1552)

January 22 The Swiss Guard arrives at the Vatican,

to serve as permanent ceremonial and palace guards
under Pope Julius II.

April 13 Peter Faber, French Jesuit theologian (d.

1546)

April 18 Pope Julius II lays the foundation stone

of the new (current) St. Peters Basilica in Rome,
replacing the Old St. Peters Basilica.

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July 1 Louis II of Hungary and Bohemia (d. 1526)

August 12 Franciscus Sonnius, Dutch theologian
(d. 1576)

JulyDecember

October Louis de Blois, Flemish mystical writer

(d. 1566)

August 6 The Grand Duchy of Lithuania defeats

the Tatars of the Crimean Khanate in the Battle of
Kletsk.

December 4 Thomas Darcy, 1st Baron Darcy of

Chiche, English courtier (d. 1558)
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December 8 Veit Dietrich, German theologian,
writer and reformer. (d. 1549)
date unknown
Vicente Masip, Spanish painter (d. 1579)
William Paget, 1st Baron Paget, English
statesman (d. 1563)
Ii Naomori, Japanese samurai (d. 1560)
probable
Elizabeth Barton, English nun (d. 1534)
Margaret Lee, condante of Queen Anne Boleyn (d. 1543)

Deaths
May 4 Sultan Husayn Mirza Bayqara, Timurid
ruler of Herat (b. 1438)
May 20 Christopher Columbus, Italian explorer (b.
1446)
August 15 Alexander Agricola, Flemish composer
(b. c. 1445)
August 19 King Alexander Jagiellon of Poland (b.
1461)
September 13 Andrea Mantegna, Italian painter
and engraver (b. 1432)
September 25 King Philip I of Castile (b. 1478)

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