1450 - 1509 (59 years)
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Date |
Event(s) |
| 1 | 1499 | - 16 Nov 1499—16 Nov 1499: Perkin Warbeck, pretender to the throne, executed
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| 2 | 1503 | - 1503—1503: Leonardo da Vinci paints Mona Lisa (-1505)
- 28 May 1503—28 May 1503: Marriage of King James IV of Scots and Margaret Tudor
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| 3 | 1505 | - 1505—1505: Royal College of Surgeons founded in Edinburgh
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| 4 | 1506 | - 22 Jan 1506—22 Jan 1506: First contingent of 150 Swiss Guards arrives at the Vatican
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| 5 | 1507 | - 1507—1507: First printing press in Scotland set up in Edinburgh by Andrew Myllar
- Apr 1507—Apr 1507: Suggestion put forward that the New World be named America in honour of
Amerigo Vespucci (on Martin Waldseem?ller's world map)
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| 6 | 1509 | - 1509—1509: Naturalisation papers start in England
- 22 Apr 1509—22 Apr 1509: Henry VIII becomes king of England (to 1547) at 17 years old
- 11 Jun 1509—11 Jun 1509: Henry VIII marries Catherine of Aragon
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