1507
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1507 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar.
Events
- The western continent is named America on the maps of Martin Waldseemüller.
- Cisneros, inquisidor general de Castilla.
- The Portuguese occupy Mozambique and the islands Sokotra and Lamu.
Arts and Literature
- Rafael: "Burial of Jesus"
Science and Technology
- Martin Waldseemüller: "Introduction to Universal Cosmography".
Births
- March 7 - Magdalena of Saxony (died 1534)
- September 16 - Jiajing Emperor of China (died 1567)
- December 18 - Ouchi Yoshitaka, Japanese warlord (died 1551)
- Pieter Aertsen, Dutch painter (died 1573)
- Fernando Alvarez de Toledo, Spanish general (died 1582)
- Bálint Bakfark, Hungarian composer (died 1576)
- Guillaume Rondelet, French physician (died 1566)
- Ralph Sadler, English statesman (died 1587)
- Johannes Sturm, German educator (died 1589)
- Inés Suárez, Spanish conquistadora (died 1580)
Deaths
- March 12 - Cesare Borgia, Italian general and statesman (born 1475)
- April 2 - Francis of Paola, Italian founder of the Order of the Minims (born 1416)
- July 29 - Martin Behaim, German navigator and geographer (born 1459)
- August 23 - Jean Molinet, French writer (born 1435)
- Jan Feliks "Szram" Tarnowski, Polish nobleman (born 1471)
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