1503 Calendar
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1503 Historical Event(s)
February 13, 1503
– Disfida di Barletta – famous challenge between 13 Italian and 13 French knights near Barletta.
April 28, 1503
– The Battle of Cerignola is fought. It is noted as the first battle in history won by small arms fire using gunpowder.
May 10, 1503
– Christopher Columbus visits the Cayman Islands and names them Las Tortugas after the numerous turtles there.
May 28, 1503
– James IV of Scotland and Margaret Tudor are married according to a Papal Bull by Pope Alexander VI. A Treaty of Everlasting Peace between Scotland and England signed on that occasion results in a peace that lasts ten years.
August 8, 1503
– King James IV of Scotland marries Margaret Tudor, daughter of King Henry VII of England at Holyrood Abbey, Edinburgh, Scotland.
Who Were Born On 1503?
January 11, 1503
– Parmigianino, Italian artist (d. 1540)
March 10, 1503
– Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1564)
March 22, 1503
– Antonio Francesco Grazzini, Italian writer (d. 1583)
June 1, 1503
– Wilhelm von Grumbach, German adventurer (d. 1567)
June 28, 1503
– Giovanni della Casa, Italian poet (d. 1556)
June 30, 1503
– John Frederick, Elector of Saxony (d. 1554)
July 23, 1503
– Anne of Bohemia and Hungary, Queen consort of Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1547)
October 23, 1503
– Isabella of Portugal, queen of Spain and empress of Germany (d. 1539)
November 17, 1503
– Agnolo di Cosimo, Italian painter (d. 1572)
December 14, 1503
– Nostradamus, French astrologer (d. 1566)