1507

Years: 1504 1505 1506 - 1507 - 1508 1509 1510

Decades: 1470s 1480s 1490s - 1500s - 1510s 1520s 1530s

Centuries: 15th century - 16th century - 17th century

Events

• The western continent is named America on the maps of Martin Waldseemüller.
• Cisneros, inquisidor general de Castilla.
• Los portugueses ocupan Mozambique y las islas Sokotra y Lamu.

Arts and Literature

• Rafael: "Burial of Jesus"

Science and Technology

• Martin Waldseemüller: "Introduction to Universal Cosmography".

Births

• March 7 - Magdalena of Saxony (died 1534)
• September 16 - Jiajing Emperor, Ming emperor of China (died 1567)
• December 18 - Ouchi Yoshitaka, Japanese warlord (died 1551)
• Pieter Aertsen, Dutch historical painter (died 1573)
• Fernando Alvarez de Toledo, Spanish general (died 1582)
• Bálint Bakfark, Hungarian lutenist and composer (died 1576)
• Guillaume Rondelet, professor of medicine at the university of Montpellier in southern France (died 1566)
• Ralph Sadler, English statesman (died 1587)
• Johannes Sturm, German educator (died 1589)
• Inés Suárez, Spanish conquistadora (died 1580)
• Possible date of birth for Anne Boleyn, second wife of King Henry VIII (no firm evidence exists and she may have born several years earlier)

Deaths

• March 12 - Cesare Borgia, Italian general and statesman (born 1475)
• April 2 - Francis of Paola, Italian founder of the Order of the Minims (born 1416)
• July 29 - Martin Behaim, German navigator and geographer (born 1459)
• August 23 - Jean Molinet, French writer (born 1435)
• Jan Feliks "Szram" Tarnowski, Polish nobleman (born 1471)