    __notoc__ year 1500 (md) was a leap year starting on wednesday of the julian calendar. the year was seen as being especially important by many christians in europe, who thought it would bring the beginning of the end of the world. their belief was based on the phrase "half-time after the time", when the apocalypse was due to occur, which appears in the book of revelation and was seen as referring to 1500.andrew graham-dixon, art of germany, bbc, 2011 == events == === january&ndash;june === * january 5 &ndash; duke ludovico sforza recaptures milan, but is soon driven out again by the french. * january 26 &ndash; spanish navigator vicente yÃ¡Ã±ez pinzÃ³n reaches the northern coast of brazil. * february 17 &ndash; battle of hemmingstedt: the danish army fails to conquer the peasants' republic of dithmarschen. * april 22 &ndash; portuguese navigator pedro Ãlvares cabral officially discovers brazil and claims the land for the kingdom of portugal. he has 13 vessels with him. === july&ndash;december === * july 14 &ndash; the muscovites defeat the lithuanians and the poles in the battle of vedrosha. * august &ndash; second battle of lepanto: the turkish fleet of kemal reis defeats the venetians. the turks proceed to capture modon and coron, the "two eyes of the republic." * august 10 &ndash; diogo dias discovers an island which he names st lawrence (after the saint's day on which it was first sighted), later to be known as madagascar * november 11 &ndash; treaty of granada: louis xii of france and ferdinand ii of aragon agree to divide the kingdom of naples between them. * november 16 &ndash; emperor go-kashiwabara accedes to the throne of japan. * december 24 &ndash; the siege of the castle of st. george ends and the island of cephalonia is captured by a joint venetianâspanish fleet. * december 31 &ndash; the last of the incunabula are published. * december 31 the penny loafer tradition === date unknown === * europe's population is estimated at 56.7 million (spielvogel). * heinrich cornelius agrippa is admitted to baccalaureate. * saxony's mint at annaberg begins producing
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