Editing 1507 (section)

=== April–June ===
* [[April 3]] – At Erfurt, German monk [[Martin Luther]] is ordained by the suffragan bishop Johann Bonemilch as a priest of the [[Catholic Church]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Robert Kolb|title=Martin Luther, Confessor of the Faith|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UHiBxxw4qgkC&dq=Martin+Luther+April+1507&pg=PA16|year=2009|publisher=Oxford University Press|page=16|isbn=978-0-19-920893-7 }}</ref>
* [[April 10]] – Installed by the Revolutionary Council, [[Paolo da Novi]] becomes the first [[Doge of Genoa|Doge of the Republic of Genoa]] in almost 19 years, after the office had been made vacant in 1488 by the conqueror [[Francesco Sforza]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Donaver |first1=Federico |title=Storia di Genova narrata alla gioventù ed al popolo |date=1890 |publisher=Tipografia del R. Istituto Sordo-Muti |page=229 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pVcvAAAAYAAJ&dq=%2228+marzo+1507%22+genova+francia&pg=PA229 |access-date=30 June 2023 |language=it}}</ref> He reigns for only 18 days before fleeing from office by French occupation forces on April 28, and the dogeship will remain vacant again for five years.<ref>{{cite web |title=PAOLO da Novi |url=https://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/paolo-da-novi_(Enciclopedia-Italiana)/ |website=www.treccani.it |access-date=30 June 2023 |language=it-IT}}</ref>
* [[April 25]] – [[Martin Waldseemüller]] publishes his ''[[Cosmographiae Introductio]]'' ("Introduction to Universal [[Cosmography]]") and accompanying [[Waldseemüller map|wall map]], the first to show the [[Americas]] as a separate [[continent]], naming them in honour of [[Amerigo Vespucci]], his friend and idol.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Ristow |first1=Walter W. |title=The Western hemisphere: an exhibition held at the New York Public Library: a list of maps of the world and of America from 1492 to 1942 |date=1942 |publisher=The New York Public Library |page=19 |url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015024960257&view=1up&seq=25&q1=%2225%20april%22 |access-date=30 June 2023}}</ref>
* [[April 27]]
**In India, in what is now the state of Kerala, troops from the Kingdom of [[Kolathunadu|Cannanore]] begin [[Siege of Cannanore (1507)|a four-month siege]] of the Portuguese garrison at the [[St. Angelo Fort|Fort of Saint Angelo]]. Despite being outnumbered, the 150 defenders of the fort hold out for four months against 60,000 attackers until rescue arrives four months later.
**In Germany, the [[Imperial Diet (Holy Roman Empire)|Imperial Diet]] of the [[Holy Roman Empire]] convenes at [[Konstanz]] and begins a series of reforms.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Bluntschli |first1=Johann |title=Geschichte der Republik Zürich |date=1847 |publisher=Druck und Verlag von Friedrich Schulthess |page=172 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pmjFHs9zBPYC&dq=%2227.+April+1507%22+Konstanzer+Reichstag&pg=PA172 |access-date=1 July 2023 |language=de}}</ref>
* [[April 29]] – French troops retake the city of [[Genoa]] after a seven-day siege, defeating rebels who had taken control in July 1506.<ref name="IT" />{{rp|83–84}}
* [[May 14]]
**[[Lorenzo Lotto]]'s painting, the ''[[Santa Cristina al Tiverone Altarpiece]]'', is unveiled at the Church of Santa Cristina in the Italian city of [[Treviso]].
**In Italy, King [[Louis XII of France]] departs from Genoa<ref name="IT" />{{rp|85}} and makes a triumphant entry into [[Milan]] on May 24.
* [[June 4]] – Having been denied recognition by Pope Julius II as King of Naples, King [[Ferdinand II of Aragon]] departs from Naples to return to his home in Spain.<ref name=PWilliams>Patrick Williams, ''Katharine of Aragon: The Tragic Story of Henry VIII's First Unfortunate Wife'' (Amberley Publishing, 2013)</ref>
* [[June 28]] – King [[Ferdinand II of Aragon]] is welcomed by King [[Louis XII of France]] at the Italian city of [[Savona]] in a spectacular ceremony,<ref>John S. C. Abbott, ''The Romance of Spanish History'' (Harper & Brothers, 1869) p.286</ref> and the two monarchs begin a series of meetings on the division of the Italian kingdoms between France and Spain.<ref name=Townsend>"Cambray (League)", in ''The Manual of Dates: a Dictionary of Reference to All the Most Important Events in the History of Mankind to be Found in Authentic Records'', ed. by George H. Townsend (Routledge, Warne & Routledge, 1862) p.171</ref>