Year by year · 16th century

1506

1506 in world history: 3 events, 4 births and 6 deaths. 991 recorded states existed that year.

Events

  1. 18 April

    Julius II lays the foundation stone of the new St Peter's

    Pope Julius II laid the first stone of Bramante's new basilica in Rome. Building took 120 years and drew on Michelangelo, Maderno and Bernini.

  2. 21 April

    Three days of massacre in Lisbon come to an end

    Rioting stirred up by Dominican friars killed between 1,000 and 4,000 New Christians, Jews forcibly converted in 1497. King Manuel I punished the city and had two of the friars executed.

    New ChristiansLisbon
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In the profiles

  • Papal StatesJulius II takes Bologna and founds the Swiss Guard

Born in 1506 4

Died in 1506 6

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