1504
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 15th century – 16th century – 17th century |
| Decades: | 1470s 1480s 1490s – 1500s – 1510s 1520s 1530s |
| Years: | 1501 1502 1503 – 1504 – 1505 1506 1507 |
| Gregorian calendar | 1504 MDIV |
| Ab urbe condita | 2257 |
| Armenian calendar | 953 ԹՎ ՋԾԳ |
| Assyrian calendar | 6254 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 1425–1426 |
| Bengali calendar | 911 |
| Berber calendar | 2454 |
| English Regnal year | 19 Hen. 7 – 20 Hen. 7 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2048 |
| Burmese calendar | 866 |
| Byzantine calendar | 7012–7013 |
| Chinese calendar | 癸亥年 (Water Pig) 4200 or 4140 — to — 甲子年 (Wood Rat) 4201 or 4141 |
| Coptic calendar | 1220–1221 |
| Discordian calendar | 2670 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1496–1497 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5264–5265 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1560–1561 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1425–1426 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4604–4605 |
| Holocene calendar | 11504 |
| Igbo calendar | 504–505 |
| Iranian calendar | 882–883 |
| Islamic calendar | 909–910 |
| Japanese calendar | Bunki 4 / Eishō 1 (永正元年) |
| Javanese calendar | 1421–1422 |
| Julian calendar | 1504 MDIV |
| Korean calendar | 3837 |
| Minguo calendar | 408 before ROC 民前408年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | 36 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2046–2047 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阴水猪年 (female Water-Pig) 1630 or 1249 or 477 — to — 阳木鼠年 (male Wood-Rat) 1631 or 1250 or 478 |
1504 (MDIV) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar, the 1504th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 504th year of the 2nd millennium, the 4th year of the 16th century, and the 5th year of the 1500s decade. As of the start of 1504, the Gregorian calendar was 10 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.
Events[change | change source]
- January 1 – French troops surrender Gaeta to the Spanish under Cordoba.
- January 31 – France cedes Naples to Aragon.
- February 29 – Christopher Columbus uses his knowledge of a lunar eclipse that night to convince Native Americans to provide him with supplies.
- Michelangelo (Michelangelo Buonarroti) finishes his sculpture of David – August 8 it is erected in Florence.
- Moldavia, Stephan III the Great fights against Turkey and Poland.
- Baber besieges and captures Kabul.
- Ferdinand II of Aragon becomes King of Naples as Ferdinand III.
- Christopher Columbus return to Spain from his fourth voyage where he and his younger son, Ferdinand, explored the coast of Central America from Belize to Panama.
- Aldo Manuzio publishes Demosthenes.
- Grünenwald: "Crucifixion".
- Voyage of Juan de la Cosa to South America.
- A Funj leader, Amara Dunqas, founds the Black Sultanate (As Saltana az Zarqa) at Sennar. (History of Sudan (Coming of Islam to the Turkiyah))
Births[change | change source]
- August 6 – Matthew Parker, Archbishop of Canterbury (died 1574)
- Giovanni Battista Giraldi, Italian writer
Deaths[change | change source]
- November 9 – King Frederick IV of Naples
- November 26 – Queen Isabella of Castile (born 1451)
- Domenico Maria Novara da Ferrara, Italian astronomer