1500s facts for kids
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
| Centuries: | 15th century – 16th century – 17th century |
| Decades: | 1470s 1480s 1490s – 1500s – 1510s 1520s 1530s |
| Years: | 1500 1501 1502 1503 1504 1505 1506 1507 1508 1509 |
| Categories: | Births – Deaths – Architecture Establishments – Disestablishments |
Events
- People begin to make cutlery in Sheffield, England.
- Leonardo da Vinci paints the Mona Lisa
- Spanish arrive in present-day Gulf of Mexico
- Portuguese navigator Pedro Álvares Cabral officially discovers Brazil and claims the land for Portugal.
Black History Month on Kiddle
African-American Astronauts:
 | Jessica Watkins |
 | Robert Henry Lawrence Jr. |
 | Mae Jemison |
 | Sian Proctor |
 | Guion Bluford |
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