1502

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	15th century – 16th century – 17th century
Decades:	1470s  1480s  1490s  – 1500s –  1510s  1520s  1530s
Years:	1499 1500 1501 – 1502 – 1503 1504 1505

1502 in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	1502 MDII
Ab urbe condita	2255
Armenian calendar	951 ԹՎ ՋԾԱ
Assyrian calendar	6252
Balinese saka calendar	1423–1424
Bengali calendar	909
Berber calendar	2452
English Regnal year	17 Hen. 7 – 18 Hen. 7
Buddhist calendar	2046
Burmese calendar	864
Byzantine calendar	7010–7011
Chinese calendar	辛酉年 (Metal Rooster) 4198 or 4138     — to — 壬戌年 (Water Dog) 4199 or 4139
Coptic calendar	1218–1219
Discordian calendar	2668
Ethiopian calendar	1494–1495
Hebrew calendar	5262–5263
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	1558–1559
- Shaka Samvat	1423–1424
- Kali Yuga	4602–4603
Holocene calendar	11502
Igbo calendar	502–503
Iranian calendar	880–881
Islamic calendar	907–908
Japanese calendar	Bunki 2 (文亀２年)
Javanese calendar	1419–1420
Julian calendar	1502 MDII
Korean calendar	3835
Minguo calendar	410 before ROC 民前410年
Nanakshahi calendar	34
Thai solar calendar	2044–2045
Tibetan calendar	阴金鸡年 (female Iron-Rooster) 1628 or 1247 or 475     — to — 阳水狗年 (male Water-Dog) 1629 or 1248 or 476

1501 (MDI) was a common year starting on Friday in the Julian calendar.

Events

• The Franco-Spanish War over Naples begins.
• Montezuma II becomes ruler of the Aztecs.
• January 1 – The place where Rio de Janeiro is now is explored.
• Safavid dynasty begins.