Year by year · 16th century

1507

1507 in world history: 4 events, 4 births, 3 deaths, 1 state founded and 1 that came to an end. 990 recorded states existed that year.

Events

  1. 25 April

    Saint-Dié scholars publish the book that names America

    The Cosmographiae Introductio, issued with Martin Waldseemüller's world map, proposed naming the New World 'America' after Amerigo Vespucci. The only surviving copy of the map is in the Library of Congress.

  2. Siege

    Fall of Herat (1507)

    The fall of Herat in 1507 was the capture of the last Timurid capital by the Uzbek leader Muhammad Shaybani Khan.

ProfileState871 states with a known seat in 1507Open the atlas at 1507 →

In the profiles

Born in 1507 4

Died in 1507 3

States founded 1

States that came to an end 1

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