1501
| Years: 1498 1499 1500 – 1501 – 1502 1503 1504 | |
| Decades: 1470s 1480s 1490s – 1500s – 1510s 1520s 1530s | |
| Centuries: 15th century – 16th century – 17th century | |
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Events
Births
- January 16 – Anthony Denny, confidant of Henry VIII of England (died 1559)
- January 17 – Leonhart Fuchs, German physician and a botanist (died 1566)
- May 6 – Pope Marcellus II (died 1555)
- July 18 – Isabella of Burgundy, queen of Christian II of Denmark (died 1526)
- November 25 – Yi Hwang, Korean Confucian scholar (died 1570)
- Gerolamo Cardano, mathematician, physician, astrologer, and gambler (died 1567)
- Girolamo da Carpi, Italian painter (died 1556)
- Dawit II of Ethiopia, Emperor of Ethiopia (died 1540)
- Nikolaus Federmann, German adventurer in Venezuela and Colombia (died 1542)
- Nicholas Heath, archbishop of York and Lord Chancellor (died 1578)
- Pedro de Mendoza, Spanish conquistador (died 1537)
- John Dudley, 1st Duke of Northumberland, Tudor nobleman and politician (died 1553)
- Garcia de Orta, Portuguese physician
- Hilaire Penet, French composer
- Murakami Yoshikiyo, Japanese nobleman (died 1573)
Marriages
Deaths
- September 20 – Thomas Grey, 1st Marquess of Dorset, stepson of Edward IV of England (born 1457)
- Gaspar Corte-Real, Portuguese explorer (born 1450)
- John Doget, English diplomat
- Constantine Lascaris, Greek scholar and grammarian
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