1505

1505 (MDV) was a common year starting on Wednesday in the Julian calendar.

 Events 
 March 5 – Papal dispensation issued for the marriage of Henry VIII of England and Catherine of Aragon
 Portuguese under Dom Lourenço d'Almeida reach Colombo, Sri Lanka and send envoys to King of Kotte.
 June 27 – Henry VIII of England repudiates his engagement to Catherine of Aragon, at his father's command
 King Alexander of Poland signed "Nihil novi" act – Poland became Nobles' Democracy
 Poland prohibits peasants from leaving their lands, establishing serfdom
 Christ's College, Cambridge 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.