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 |
| Gregorian calendar | 1505 MDV |
| Ab urbe condita | 2258 |
| Armenian calendar | 954 ԹՎ ՋԾԴ |
| Assyrian calendar | 6255 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 1426–1427 |
| Bengali calendar | 912 |
| Berber calendar | 2455 |
| English Regnal year | 20 Hen. 7 – 21 Hen. 7 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2049 |
| Burmese calendar | 867 |
| Byzantine calendar | 7013–7014 |
| Chinese calendar | 甲子年 (Wood Rat) 4201 or 4141 — to — 乙丑年 (Wood Ox) 4202 or 4142 |
| Coptic calendar | 1221–1222 |
| Discordian calendar | 2671 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1497–1498 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5265–5266 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1561–1562 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1426–1427 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4605–4606 |
| Holocene calendar | 11505 |
| Igbo calendar | 505–506 |
| Iranian calendar | 883–884 |
| Islamic calendar | 910–911 |
| Japanese calendar | Eishō 2 (永正２年) |
| Javanese calendar | 1422–1423 |
| Julian calendar | 1505 MDV |
| Korean calendar | 3838 |
| Minguo calendar | 407 before ROC 民前407年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | 37 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2047–2048 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阳木鼠年 (male Wood-Rat) 1631 or 1250 or 478 — to — 阴木牛年 (female Wood-Ox) 1632 or 1251 or 479 |
1505 (MDV) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar, the 1505th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 505th year of the 2nd millennium, the 5th year of the 16th century, and the 6th year of the 1500s decade. As of the start of 1505, the Gregorian calendar was 10 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.
Events
[change | change source]- 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.