1507
| Years: 1504 1505 1506 - 1507 - 1508 1509 1510 | |
| Decades: 1470s 1480s 1490s - 1500s - 1510s 1520s 1530s | |
| Centuries: 15th century - 16th century - 17th century | |
Events
- The western continent is named America on the maps of Martin Waldseemüller.
Births
- March 7 - Magdalena of Saxony (died 1534)
- September 16 - Jiajing Emperor, Ming emperor of China (died 1567)
- December 18 - Ouchi Yoshitaka, Japanese warlord (died 1551)
- Pieter Aertsen, Dutch historical painter (died 1573)
- Fernando Alvarez de Toledo, Spanish general (died 1582)
- Bálint Bakfark, Hungarian lutenist and composer (died 1576)
- Guillaume Rondelet, professor of medicine at the university of Montpellier in southern France (died 1566)
- Ralph Sadler, English statesman (died 1587)
- Johannes Sturm, German educator (died 1589)
- Inés Suárez, Spanish conquistadora (died 1580)
Deaths
- March 12 - Cardinal Cesare Borgia, son of Pope Alexander VI (born 1475)
- April 2 - Francis of Paola, mendicant friar and the founder of the Order of the Minims (born 1416)
- July 29 - Martin Behaim, German navigator and geographer (born 1459)
- Jean Molinet, French poet and chronicler (born 1435)
- Jan Feliks "Szram" Tarnowski, Polish nobleman (born 1471)