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| Centuries: | 15th century - 16th century - 17th century |
| Decades: | 1470s 1480s 1490s - 1500s - 1510s 1520s 1530s |
| Years: | 1503 1504 1505 - 1506 - 1507 1508 1509 |
| 1506 in topic: |
| Subjects: Archaeology - Architecture - |
| Art - Literature - Music - Science |
| Leaders: State leaders - Colonial governors |
| Category: Establishments - Disestablishments |
| Births - Deaths - Works |
Year 1506 was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
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Events of 1506
January - June
- January 22 - The Swiss Guard arrives at the Vatican, to serve as permanent ceremonial and palace guards under Pope Julius II.
- April 18 - Pope Julius II lays the foundation stone of the new (current) St. Peter's Basilica, replacing the Old Saint Peter's Basilica.
July - December
- August 19 - Sigismund I the Old succeeds his brother as King of Poland.
Undated
- The Portuguese mariner Tristão da Cunha sights the islands of Tristan da Cunha, naming the larger one with his own name.
- In Ming Dynasty China, the local costs of the courier system are met by a tax in silver assessed by the property of land instead of by corvée labor service.
- Pope Julius II personally leads papal troops against the French invaders of Italy.
- Duarte Barbosa returns to Lisbon.
Births
| Gregorian calendar | 1506 MDVI |
| Ab urbe condita | 2259 |
| Armenian calendar | 955 ԹՎ ՋԾԵ |
| Bahá'í calendar | -338 – -337 |
| Berber calendar | 2456 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2050 |
| Burmese calendar | 868 |
| Byzantine calendar | 7014 – 7015 |
| Chinese calendar | 乙丑年十二月初八日 (4142/4202-12-8) — to —
丙寅年十二月十八日(4143/4203-12-18) |
| Coptic calendar | 1222 – 1223 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1498 – 1499 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5266 – 5267 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1561 – 1562 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1428 – 1429 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4607 – 4608 |
| Holocene calendar | 11506 |
| Iranian calendar | 884 – 885 |
| Islamic calendar | 911 – 912 |
| Japanese calendar | Eishō 3 (永正3年) |
| Korean calendar | 3839 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2049 |
- February - George Buchanan, Scottish humanist scholar (d. 1582)
- February 2 - René de Birague, French cardinal and chancellor (d. 1583)
- April 7 - Francis Xavier, Spanish Jesuit saint (d. 1552)
- April 13 - Peter Faber, French Jesuit theologian (d. 1546)
- July 1 - Louis II of Hungary and Bohemia (d. 1526)
- October - Louis de Blois, Flemish mystical writer (d. 1566)
- date unknown
- Vicente Masip, Spanish painter (d. 1579)
- William Paget, 1st Baron Paget, English statesman (d. 1563)
- Ii Naomori, Japanese samurai (d. 1560)
- probable
- Elizabeth Barton, English nun (d. 1534)
- Wu Cheng'en, Chinese novelist and poet (d. 1438)
- Margaret Lee, confidante of Queen Anne Boleyn (d. 1543)
- See also Category: 1506 births.
Deaths
- May 4 - Husayn Bayqarah, Timurid ruler of Herat (b. 1438)
- May 20 - Christopher Columbus, Italian explorer (b. 1451)
- August - Alexander Agricola, Flemish composer (b. c. 1445)
- August 19 - King Alexander Jagiellon of Poland (b. 1461)
- September 13 - Andrea Mantegna, Italian painter and engraver (b. 1432)
- September 25 - King Philip I of Castile (b. 1478)
- See also Category: 1506 deaths.
