Editing 1505 (section)

=== April&ndash;June ===
* [[April 3]] &ndash; Italian explorer [[Sebastian Cabot (explorer)|Sebastiano Caboto]] is granted a lifetime annuity of £10 per year by England's King Henry VII for services "in and aboute the fyndynge of the new founde landes" in North America.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Ruddock |first1=Alwyn A. |title=The Reputation of Sebastian Cabot |journal=Historical Research |date=1 May 1974 |volume=47 |issue=115 |pages=95–99 |doi=10.1111/j.1468-2281.1974.tb02183.x |url=https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1468-2281.1974.tb02183.x |access-date=27 June 2023 |language=en |issn=0950-3471}}</ref>
* [[April 27]] &ndash; In [[Tbilisi]], [[David X of Kartli|David X]] becomes the new ruler of the [[Kingdom of Kartli]] in what is now the Republic of Georgia, upon the death of his father [[Constantine II of Georgia|Constantine II]].
* [[May 1]] &ndash; [[Christ's College, Cambridge]], England, is re-founded, receiving its charter from [[Lady Margaret Beaufort]].<ref>A. H. Lloyd, ''The Early History of Christ's College, Cambridge, Derived from Contemporary Documents'' (Cambridge University Press, 1934) p. 283</ref>
* [[May 30]] &ndash; [[Poland]]'s Act of ''[[Nihil novi]]'' is granted by King Alexander I Jagiellon after being passed by the ''Sejm'',<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Choińska-Mika |first1=Joanna |title=Obywatele u władzy: narodziny, rozkwit i zmierzch szlacheckiej republiki |journal=Klio. Czasopismo poświęcone dziejom Polski i powszechnym |date=2013 |volume=26 |issue=3 |pages=23–54 |doi=10.12775/KLIO.2013.032 |url=https://www.ceeol.com/search/article-detail?id=664287 |access-date=27 June 2023 |language=Polish |issn=1643-8191|doi-access=free }}</ref> making Poland a [[Golden Liberty|Nobles' Democracy]] rather than an absolute monarchy.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Nihil novi Constitution |url=https://polishhistory.pl/the-nihil-novi-constitution/ |website=Polish History |access-date=27 June 2023 |date=30 May 2023}}</ref>
* [[June 6]] &ndash; The M8.2–8.8 [[1505 Lo Mustang earthquake|Lo Mustang earthquake]] strikes [[Nepal]], causing severe damage in [[Kathmandu]], western Nepal, and some parts of the Indo-Gangetic plain.<ref>{{cite book|author1=Harsh K. Gupta|author2=Fareeduddin|title=Recent Advances in Earth System Science|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=T-hQAQAAIAAJ|year=2008|publisher=Geological Society of India|isbn=978-81-85867-83-0|pages=244, 381}}</ref>
* [[June 19]] &ndash; Zhu Houzhao, the 13-year-old son of the late [[Hongzhi Emperor]] of [[Ming Dynasty]] China, is enthroned as the [[Zhengde Emperor]] upon his father's death.<ref>{{cite book |last=李亚平 |title=帝国政界往事: 大明王朝纪事 |date=2005 |publisher=北京出版社 |isbn=978-7-200-06175-8 |page=116 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rTdKAQAAIAAJ&q=%E6%98%8E%E6%AD%A6%E5%AE%97+19+%E5%85%AD%E6%9C%88+1505 |access-date=28 June 2023 |language=zh}}</ref>
* [[June 27]] &ndash; The future King [[Henry VIII of England]] repudiates his engagement to [[Catherine of Aragon]], at [[Henry VII of England|his father's]] command.<ref>{{cite book|author=Susan Doran|title=The Tudor Chronicles|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=C-8LAQAAMAAJ|year=2008|publisher=Quercus|isbn=978-1-84724-422-2|page=1496}}</ref>