1504 - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	15th century – 16th century – 17th century
Decades:	1470s 1480s 1490s – 1500s – 1510s 1520s 1530s
Years:	1501 1502 1503 – 1504 – 1505 1506 1507

1504 was a year of the Gregorian calendar, that started on a Friday.

Events[change | change source]

January 1 – French troops surrender Gaeta to the Spanish under Cordoba.
January 31 – France cedes Naples to Aragon.
February 29 – Christopher Columbus uses his knowledge of a lunar eclipse that night to convince Native Americans to provide him with supplies.
Michelangelo (Michelangelo Buonarroti) finishes his sculpture of David – August 8 it is erected in Florence.
Moldavia, Stephan III the Great fights against Turkey and Poland.
Baber besieges and captures Kabul.
Ferdinand II of Aragon becomes King of Naples as Ferdinand III.
Christopher Columbus return to Spain from his fourth voyage where he and his younger son, Ferdinand, explored the coast of Central America from Belize to Panama.
Aldo Manuzio publishes Demosthenes.
Grünenwald: "Crucifixion".
Voyage of Juan de la Cosa to South America.
A Funj leader, Amara Dunqas, founds the Black Sultanate (As Saltana az Zarqa) at Sennar. (History of Sudan (Coming of Islam to the Turkiyah))