1500s
The 1500s was a decade that started on 1 January 1500 and ended on 31 December 1509.
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
| Centuries: | 15th century – 16th century – 17th century |
| Decades: | 1470s 1480s 1490s – 1500s – 1510s 1520s 1530s |
| Years: | 1500 1501 1502 1503 1504 1505 1506 1507 1508 1509 |
| Categories: | Births – Deaths – Architecture Establishments – Disestablishments |
Events
- People begin to make cutlery in Sheffield, England.
- Leonardo da Vinci paints the Mona Lisa
- Spanish arrive in present-day Gulf of Mexico
- Portuguese navigator Pedro Álvares Cabral officially discovers Brazil and claims the land for Portugal.