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Year '1505' (MDV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

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Events of 1505

January - June

July - December

Undated

Births

Deaths

Events of 1505

January - June

★ June 27 - Henry VIII of England repudiates his engagement to Catherine of Aragon, at his father's command.

July - December

★ July 24 - Travelling to India, a group of Portuguese explorers sacked the city-state of Kilwa in East Africa, and killed the king for failing to pay tribute.

★ December 18 - John IX van Horne, prince-bishop of Lieges, Belgium, was executed.

Undated

★ A Portuguese fleet attacks Kilwa and then Mombasa. The Portuguese then attempt to monopolize the trade in the east African ports but were unable to maintain control (By the late 1500s, Swahili groups regained control of several ports from the Portuguese.).

★ Portuguese merchants establish factories on the east coast of Africa.

★ Portuguese under Dom Lourenço d'Almeida reach Colombo, Sri Lanka and send envoys to King of Kotte.

★ King Alexander of Poland signs "Nihil novi" act - Poland became Nobles' Democracy.

★ Poland prohibits peasants from leaving their lands, establishing serfdom.
Christ's College, Cambridge is 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.

★ Bermuda was discovered by Portuguese Explorer 'Juan de Bermudez'.

Births

★ January 13 - Joachim II Hector, Elector of Brandenburg, Imperial Elector (died 1571)

★ February 5 - Aegidius Tschudi, Swiss historian (died 1572)

★ September 18 - Maria of Austria, queen of Louis II of Hungary and Bohemia (died 1558)

★ ''date unknown''

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★ William Cavendish, English courtier (died 1557)

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★ Philip Hoby, English politician (died 1558)

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★ Guillaume Morel, French classical scholar (died 1564)

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★ Shahgali, Khan of Qasim

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★ Thomas Wriothesley, 1st Earl of Southampton, English politician (died 1550)

★ ''probable''

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★ Christopher Tye, English composer and organist (died 1572)
: ''See also .''

Deaths

★ February 4 - Jeanne de Valois, daughter of Louis XI of France (born 1464)

★ February 20 - Arvid Trolle, Swedish politician (born c.1440)

★ April 23 - Sayyid Muhammad Jaunpuri, religious leader (born 1443)

★ June 8 - Hongzhi Emperor of China (born 1470)

★ June 15 - Ercole d'Este I, Duke of Ferrara (born 1431)

★ July - Jacob Obrecht, Flemish composer (plague) (born 1457)

★ October 27 - Ivan III of Russia (born 1440)

★ ''date unknown''

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★ Adam of Fulda, music writer (born c.1445)

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★ Heinrich Kramer, churchman and inquisitor (born 1430)
: ''See also .''