1501

1501 (MDI) was a common year starting on Friday in the Julian calendar. It was the first year of the 16th century.

1501 in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	1501 MDI
Ab urbe condita	2254
Armenian calendar	950 ԹՎ ՋԾ
Assyrian calendar	6251
Balinese saka calendar	1422–1423
Bengali calendar	908
Berber calendar	2451
English Regnal year	16 Hen. 7 – 17 Hen. 7
Buddhist calendar	2045
Burmese calendar	863
Byzantine calendar	7009–7010
Chinese calendar	庚申年 (Metal Monkey) 4197 or 4137     — to — 辛酉年 (Metal Rooster) 4198 or 4138
Coptic calendar	1217–1218
Discordian calendar	2667
Ethiopian calendar	1493–1494
Hebrew calendar	5261–5262
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	1557–1558
- Shaka Samvat	1422–1423
- Kali Yuga	4601–4602
Holocene calendar	11501
Igbo calendar	501–502
Iranian calendar	879–880
Islamic calendar	906–907
Japanese calendar	Meiō 10 / Bunki 1 (文亀元年)
Javanese calendar	1418–1419
Julian calendar	1501 MDI
Korean calendar	3834
Minguo calendar	411 before ROC 民前411年
Nanakshahi calendar	33
Thai solar calendar	2043–2044
Tibetan calendar	ལྕགས་ཕོ་སྤྲེ་ལོ་ (male Iron-Monkey) 1627 or 1246 or 474     — to — ལྕགས་མོ་བྱ་ལོ་ (female Iron-Bird) 1628 or 1247 or 475

Events

• Alexander becomes King of Poland.
• The Safavid kingdom was established in northern Iran.
• Martin Luther enters the University of Erfurt.