Historical figures in 1500

The atlas holds 5 people and 10 moments here, in 1500. The most recorded lives are Christopher Columbus, Leonardo da Vinci and Niccolò Machiavelli. Among them Writers, Political Leaders and Engineers and Inventors.

Notable people

1. Christopher Columbus

   in 1500

   4 moments here

   Genoese navigator who completed four Castilian-sponsored Atlantic expeditions between 1492 and 1504.…

2. Leonardo da Vinci

   in 1500

   3 moments here

   Italian Renaissance painter, draftsman, engineer, architect, anatomist, and natural philosopher.…

3. Niccolò Machiavelli

   in 1500

   1 moment here

   Florentine diplomat, civil servant, political theorist, playwright, and historian of the Italian Renaissance.…

4. Nicolaus Copernicus

   in 1500

   1 moment here

   Renaissance astronomer, canon, physician, administrator, and economist whose heliocentric model placed the Sun rather than Earth at the center of the…

5. Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor

   in 1500

   1 moment here

   Charles V (1500–1558), also Charles I of Spain, was Holy Roman Emperor, king of Spain, and ruler of the Habsburg Netherlands.…

Moments

1. 1500 Flees to Venice Leonardo da Vinci
2. 1500 Returns to Florence Leonardo da Vinci
3. 1500 Jubilee-year stay in Rome Nicolaus Copernicus
4. 1500 Birth at the Prinsenhof Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor
5. 1500 Returns to Santo Domingo Christopher Columbus
6. 1500 Stays in Bologna Leonardo da Vinci
7. 1500 First French mission Niccolò Machiavelli
8. 1500 Surrenders to Bobadilla Christopher Columbus
9. 1500 Arrives in Cádiz as a prisoner Christopher Columbus
10. 1500 Appears before the monarchs at the Alhambra Christopher Columbus

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