Year 1504 (MDIV) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events of 1504
January - June
July - December
Undated
- Moldavia: Stephen III the Great fights against Turkey and Poland.
- Baber besieges and captures Kabul.
- Ferdinand II of Aragon becomes King of Naples as Ferdinand III.
- Christopher Columbus returns to Spain from his fourth voyage, where he and his younger son, Ferdinand, explored the coast of Central America from Belize to Panama.
- Aldo Manuzio publishes Demosthenes.
- Matthias Grünewald paints Crucifixion.
- Juan de la Cosa makes a voyage to South America.
- A Funj leader, Amara Dunqas, founds the Sultanate of Sennar (History of Sudan).
- In Florence, Leonardo da Vinci and Machiavelli become involved in a scheme to divert the Arno River, cutting the water supply to Pisa to force its surrender: Colombino, the project foreman, fails to follow da Vinci’s design, and the project is a major failure.
- The Signoria of Florence commissions both Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo to paint the walls of the Grand Council Chamber in the Palazzo Vecchio.
- Raphael paints The Marriage of the Virgin, which exemplifies some major principles of High Renaissance art.
- Venetian ambassadors suggest to Turkey the construction of a Suez Canal.
Births
- See also Category: 1504 births.
Deaths
- See also Category: 1504 deaths.
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