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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
- Lebna Dengel succeeds his father Na'od as Emperor of Ethiopia. Due to his young age, his grandmother Eleni acts as regent.
Births
- June 9 - Primoz Trubar, Slovenian author (died 1586)
- November 30 - Andrea Palladio, Italian architect (died 1580)
- December 9 - Gemma Frisius, mathematician (died 1555)
- December 24 - Pietro Carnesecchi, Italian humanist (died 1567)
- Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, Duke of Alva, Spanish general and governor of the Spanish Netherlands (died 1583)
- Jean Daurat, French poet (died 1588)
- Marin Drzic, Croatian playwright (died 1567)
Deaths
- May 27 - Ludovico Sforza, Duke of Milan (born 1452)
- October 13 - Edmund de Ros, 11th Baron de Ros, follower of the House of Lancaster during the Wars of the Roses (born 1446)
- December 10 - René II, Duke of Lorraine, and Duke of Bar (born 1451)
- Isaac Abravanel, Portuguese Jewish statesman, philosopher, and theologian (born 1437)
- Conrad Celtes, German Humanist scholar
- Na'od, Emperor of Ethiopia (killed in battle)af:1508
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