Historical figures in 1502
The atlas holds 6 people and 36 moments here, in 1502. The most recorded lives are Vasco da Gama, Christopher Columbus and Leonardo da Vinci. Among them Writers, Architects and Engineers and Inventors.
Notable people
Vasco da Gama
in 1502
13 moments here
Portuguese mariner, explorer and nobleman whose voyages connected Portugal and India by sea around southern Africa.…
Christopher Columbus
in 1502
11 moments here
Genoese navigator who completed four Castilian-sponsored Atlantic expeditions between 1492 and 1504.…
Leonardo da Vinci
in 1502
8 moments here
Italian Renaissance painter, draftsman, engineer, architect, anatomist, and natural philosopher.…
Raphael
in 1502
2 moments here
Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino, known as Raphael, was an Italian High Renaissance painter and architect.…
Niccolò Machiavelli
in 1502
1 moment here
Florentine diplomat, civil servant, political theorist, playwright, and historian of the Italian Renaissance.…
Desiderius Erasmus
in 1502
1 moment here
Dutch Renaissance humanist, Catholic priest, theologian, editor, and author. Erasmus was born in the Burgundian Netherlands, educated in the Low…
Moments
- 1502 Move to Louvain Desiderius Erasmus
- 1502 Continues to Pesaro Leonardo da Vinci
- 1502 Inspects Urbino Leonardo da Vinci
- 1502 Piccolomini Library work in Siena Raphael
- 1502 Work in Perugia Raphael
- 1502 Admiralcy ceremony at Lisbon Cathedral Vasco da Gama
- 1502 Second India voyage departs Vasco da Gama
- 1502 Writes from Seville Christopher Columbus
- 1502 Departs Cádiz on the fourth voyage Christopher Columbus
- 1502 Stops at Arzila Christopher Columbus
- 1502 Arrives off Santo Domingo Christopher Columbus
- 1502 Lands at Le Carbet Christopher Columbus
- 1502 Shelters at the Haina River Christopher Columbus
- 1502 Second stay at Mozambique Island Vasco da Gama
- 1502 Arrives at Guanaja Christopher Columbus
- 1502 Stops in Jamaica Christopher Columbus
- 1502 Kilwa tribute negotiations Vasco da Gama
- 1502 Lands at Puerto Castilla Christopher Columbus
- 1502 Takes possession near the Aguán River Christopher Columbus
- 1502 Arrives in Cesena Leonardo da Vinci
- 1502 Observes Rimini's fountain Leonardo da Vinci
- 1502 Visits Santa Maria del Monte Leonardo da Vinci
- 1502 Arrival near Dabul Vasco da Gama
- 1502 Attack at Honnavar Vasco da Gama
- 1502 Second arrival at Anjediva Vasco da Gama
- 1502 Treaty at Bhatkal Vasco da Gama
- 1502 Inspects Faenza Leonardo da Vinci
- 1502 Stays and maps Imola Leonardo da Vinci
- 1502 Surveys Cesenatico Leonardo da Vinci
- 1502 Finds gold at Almirante Bay Christopher Columbus
- 1502 Arrival before Kozhikode harbor Vasco da Gama
- 1502 Destruction of the Miri Vasco da Gama
- 1502 Meeting at Cannanore Vasco da Gama
- 1502 Arrival at Cochin Vasco da Gama
- 1502 Bombardment of Kozhikode Vasco da Gama
- 1502 Witness to Borgia's reprisals Niccolò Machiavelli