1500
Half of three-thousand
The number 1500, fifteen hundred.
As a year, it marks the boundary between the medieval and early modern periods in European history—the age of Columbus, the Renaissance, the Reformation.
Round numbers like 1500 serve as convenient historical markers: Europe in 1500 looked very different from Europe in 1800.
Twelve-month duration
- centuryHundred-year span
- millenniumSpan of thousand years
- epochDistinct historical period
- eraDistinct historical period
period · chronology · calendar · anniversary · annals · chronicle · date · timestamp
Philosophy prioritizing earthly reason
- patronageSupporter's financial backing
- frescoesPaintings on fresh plaster
- perspectiveAttitude or spatial rendering
- MichelangeloFlorentine sculptor and painter
Raphael · Botticelli · Florence · classicism · secularism · chiaroscuro · symmetry · proportion
year
Twelve-month duration
- centuryHundred-year span
- millenniumSpan of thousand years
- epochDistinct historical period
era · period · chronology · calendar · anniversary · annals · chronicle · date · timestamp · milestone
humanism
Philosophy prioritizing earthly reason
- patronageSupporter's financial backing
- frescoesPaintings on fresh plaster
- perspectiveAttitude or spatial rendering
Michelangelo · Raphael · Botticelli · Florence · classicism · secularism · chiaroscuro · symmetry · proportion · Gutenberg
castle
Fortified medieval residence
chivalry · manor · jousting · crusades · vassal · fief · monastery · chainmail · squire · heraldry
15002000
Start of third millennium
2500 · ancient times · prehistory · antiquity · 500
- 1500 metersMiddle-distance foot race
- Ram 1500Full-size truck model