1503 Calendar
What Happened In Year 1503?
- February 13, 1503 – Disfida di Barletta – famous challenge between 13 Italian and 13 French knights near Barletta.
- April 28, 1503 – The Battle of Cerignola is fought. It is noted as the first battle in history won by small arms fire using gunpowder.
- May 10, 1503 – Christopher Columbus visits the Cayman Islands and names them Las Tortugas after the numerous turtles there.
- May 28, 1503 – James IV of Scotland and Margaret Tudor are married according to a Papal Bull by Pope Alexander VI. A Treaty of Everlasting Peace between Scotland and England signed on that occasion results in a peace that lasts ten years.
- August 8, 1503 – King James IV of Scotland marries Margaret Tudor, daughter of King Henry VII of England at Holyrood Abbey, Edinburgh, Scotland.
Who Were Born In The Year 1503?
- January 11, 1503 – Parmigianino, Italian artist (d. 1540)
- March 10, 1503 – Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1564)
- March 22, 1503 – Antonio Francesco Grazzini, Italian writer (d. 1583)
- June 1, 1503 – Wilhelm von Grumbach, German adventurer (d. 1567)
- June 28, 1503 – Giovanni della Casa, Italian poet (d. 1556)
- June 30, 1503 – John Frederick, Elector of Saxony (d. 1554)
- July 23, 1503 – Anne of Bohemia and Hungary, Queen consort of Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1547)
- August 12, 1503 – King Christian III of Denmark and Norway (d. 1559)
- October 23, 1503 – Isabella of Portugal, queen of Spain and empress of Germany (d. 1539)
- November 17, 1503 – Agnolo di Cosimo, Italian painter (d. 1572)
- December 14, 1503 – Nostradamus, French astrologer (d. 1566)
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