1506

Centuries:	15th century - 16th century - 17th century
Decades:	1470s 1480s 1490s - 1500s - 1510s 1520s 1530s
Years:	1503 1504 1505 - 1506 - 1507 1508 1509

1506 in topic:
Subjects: Archaeology - Architecture -
Art - Literature - Music - Science
Leaders: State leaders - Colonial governors
Category: Establishments - Disestablishments
Births - Deaths - Works v • d • e

Year 1506 was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

[edit] Events of 1506

January 22 - Swiss Guard arrives at the Vatican, to serve as permanent bodyguards, ceremonial guards, and palace guards (under Pope Julius II).
April 18 - Pope Julius II laid the foundation stone of the new (Current) St. Peter's Basilica, replacing the Old Saint Peter's Basilica.

Laocoön and his Sons by Hagesandros, Polydoros, Athanadoros of Rhodes is discovered. Perhaps the original of 2nd century BC or 1st century BC or a Roman copy of the 1st century AD is now at Musei Vaticani, Museo Pio Clementino, Cortile Ottagono, Rome.
The portuguese mariner Tristão da Cunha sighted the islands of Tristan da Cunha, naming the larger one with his own name.

February - George Buchanan, Scottish humanist scholar (died 1582)
February 2 - René de Birague, French cardinal and chancellor (d. 1583)
April 7 - Francis Xavier, Spanish Jesuit saint (died 1552)
April 13 - Peter Faber, French Jesuit theologian (died 1546)
July 1 - Louis II of Hungary and Bohemia (died 1526)
October - Louis de Blois, Flemish mystical writer (died 1566)
date unknown
- Vicente Masip, Spanish painter (died 1579)
- William Paget, 1st Baron Paget, English statesman (died 1563)
- Ii Naomori, Japanese samurai (died 1560)
probable
- Elizabeth Barton, English nun (died 1534)
- Wu Cheng'en, Chinese novelist and poet (died 1438)
- Margaret Lee, confidante of Queen Anne Boleyn (died 1543)

See also Category: 1506 births.