1501
year
1501 (MDI) was a common year starting on Friday in the Julian calendar. It was the first year of the 16th century.
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 15th century – 16th century – 17th century |
| Decades: | 1470s 1480s 1490s – 1500s – 1510s 1520s 1530s |
| Years: | 1498 1499 1500 – 1501 – 1502 1503 1504 |
| Gregorian calendar | 1501 MDI |
| Ab urbe condita | 2254 |
| Armenian calendar | 950 ԹՎ ՋԾ |
| Assyrian calendar | 6251 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 1422–1423 |
| Bengali calendar | 908 |
| Berber calendar | 2451 |
| English Regnal year | 16 Hen. 7 – 17 Hen. 7 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2045 |
| Burmese calendar | 863 |
| Byzantine calendar | 7009–7010 |
| Chinese calendar | 庚申年 (Metal Monkey) 4197 or 4137 — to — 辛酉年 (Metal Rooster) 4198 or 4138 |
| Coptic calendar | 1217–1218 |
| Discordian calendar | 2667 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1493–1494 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5261–5262 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1557–1558 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1422–1423 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4601–4602 |
| Holocene calendar | 11501 |
| Igbo calendar | 501–502 |
| Iranian calendar | 879–880 |
| Islamic calendar | 906–907 |
| Japanese calendar | Meiō 10 / Bunki 1 (文亀元年) |
| Javanese calendar | 1418–1419 |
| Julian calendar | 1501 MDI |
| Korean calendar | 3834 |
| Minguo calendar | 411 before ROC 民前411年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | 33 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2043–2044 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阳金猴年 (male Iron-Monkey) 1627 or 1246 or 474 — to — 阴金鸡年 (female Iron-Rooster) 1628 or 1247 or 475 |
Events
change- Alexander becomes King of Poland.
- The Safavid kingdom was established in northern Iran.
- Martin Luther enters the University of Erfurt.