1506 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar.

Events

• January 21—Pope Julius II founded Swiss Guard to serve as bodyguards, ceremonial guards, and palace guards, which they continue to do until the present day.

Births

• February 2 - René de Birague, French cardinal and chancellor (d. 1583)
• April 7 - Francis Xavier, Spanish Jesuit saint (died 1552)
• April 13 - Peter Faber, French Jesuit theologian (died 1546)
• July 1 - Louis II of Hungary and Bohemia (died 1526)
• Elizabeth Barton, English nun (died 1534)
• George Buchanan, Scottish humanist scholar (died 1582)
• Wu Cheng'en, Chinese novelist and poet
• Margaret Lee, confidante of Queen Anne Boleyn (died 1543)
• Louis de Blois, Flemish mystical writer (died 1566)
• Vicente Masip, Spanish painter (died 1579)
• William Paget, 1st Baron Paget, English statesman (died 1563)
• Ii Naomori, Japanese samurai

Deaths

• May 4 - Husayn Bayqarah, Timurid ruler of Herat
• May 20 - Christopher Columbus, Italian explorer (born 1451)
• September 13 - Andrea Mantegna, Italian painter and engraver
• September 25 - King Philip I of Castile (born 1478)
• Alexander Agricola, Flemish composer
• King Alexander of Poland (born 1461)

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