Major Events
- Apr 20 Jews are expelled from Orange Burgandy by Philibert of Luxembourg
- Jul 2 After an encounter with a violent thunderstorm, Martin Luther declares that he will become a monk
- Jul 17 Martin Luther enters into an Augustinian monastery at Erfurt
Born in 1505
- Jan 13 Joachim II Hector, Elector of Brandenburg (1535-71), born in Cölln (d. 1571)
- Jan 30 Thomas Tallis, English composer, born in Kent, England (d. 1585)
- Feb 5 Aegidius Tschudi, Swiss historian (d. 1572)
- Sep 15 Maria, Queen of Hungary as wife of Louis II and Governor of the Habsburg Netherlands (1531-55), born in Brussels (d. 1558)
Ivan the GreatMore 1505 Deaths
Leonardo da Vinci
Michelangelo
Raphael