1504
| Years: 1501 1502 1503 - 1504 - 1505 1506 1507 | |
| Decades: 1470s 1480s 1490s - 1500s - 1510s 1520s 1530s | |
| Centuries: 15th century - 16th century - 17th century | |
Events
- January 1 - French troops surrender Gaeta to the Spanish under Cordoba.
- January 31 - France cedes Naples to Aragon.
- February 29 - Christopher Columbus uses his knowldege of a lunar eclipse that night to convince Native Americans to provide him with supplies.
- Michelangelo Buonarroti finishes his sculpture of David - August 8 it is erected in Florence.
- Moldavia, Stephan IIIrd 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 return 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.
Births
- January 17 - Pope Pius V, pope from 1566 to 1572 (died 1572)
- May 5 - Stanislaus Hosius, Polish cardinal (died 1579)
- July 18 - Heinrich Bullinger, Swiss religious reformer (died 1575)
- August 6 - Matthew Parker, Archbishop of Canterbury (died 1574)
- November 13 - Philipp I of Hesse, champion of the Reformation (died 1567)
- Jacques Arcadelt, Franco-Flemish composer (died 1568)
- Charles Estienne, Humanist (died 1564)
- Giovanni Battista Giraldi, Italian novelist and poet (died 1573)
- Patrick Hamilton, Scottish churchman and Reformer (died 1528)
- Dirk Philips, early Anabaptist writer and theologian
- Francesco Primaticcio, Italian painter, architect, and sculptor (died 1570)
- Nicholas Udall, English playwright and schoolmaster (died 1556)
Deaths
- November 9 - Frederick IV of Naples, King of Naples from 1496 to 1501 (born 1452)
- November 26 - Queen Isabella of Castile, queen of Castile (born 1451)
- Thomas Stanley, 1st Earl of Derby (born 1435)
- Garci Rodríguez de Montalvo, Spanish author of Amadis of Gaul
- Filippino Lippi, well-known painter in Renaissance Florence (born 1457)
- Domenico Maria Novara da Ferrara, Italian astronomer (born 1454)
- Philibert II, Duke of Savoy (born 1480)
- Thomas Stanley, 1st Earl of Derby (born 1435)
- Stefan cel Mare, Prince of Moldavia (born 1434)