1500

Events in 1500 4

• 1450 – 1500 Bartolomeu Dias Rounding the Cape The first European navigator to round the Cape of Good Hope, opening the sea route to the Indian Ocean.
• 1500 – 1553 Cristóbal de Morales Spanish Renaissance composer Cristóbal de Morales was the most important Spanish composer of the Renaissance whose masses and motets were performed throughout Europe and the Americas.
• 1500 – 1561 Luis Milán Spanish Renaissance composer Luis Milán was a Spanish nobleman and vihuela player whose El maestro was the first published collection of solo vihuela music and one of the earliest printed collections of lute music.
• 1500 – 1555 Luys de Narváez Spanish Renaissance lutenist Luys de Narváez was a Spanish vihuela player and composer whose Los seys libros del Delphín was one of the finest collections of Renaissance lute music.