1505

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	15th century – 16th century – 17th century
Decades:	1470s 1480s 1490s – 1500s – 1510s 1520s 1530s
Years:	1502 1503 1504 – 1505 – 1506 1507 1508

Events

March 5 – Papal dispensation issued for the marriage of Henry VIII of England and Catherine of Aragon
Portuguese under Dom Lourenço d'Almeida reach Colombo, Sri Lanka and send envoys to King of Kotte.
June 27 – Henry VIII of England repudiates his engagement to Catherine of Aragon, at his father's command
King Alexander of Poland signed "Nihil novi" act – Poland became Nobles' Democracy
Poland prohibits peasants from leaving their lands, establishing serfdom
Christ's College, Cambridge founded.
Vasili III succeeds Ivan III as Grand Prince of Muscovy.
Idiosa III of Chardonnay murdered.
Arabs reach Comoros.
Judah Abravanel becomes personal physician to the viceroy of Naples.