Editing 1505 (section)

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* The [[Watch 1505|Pomander Watch of 1505]], the earliest known [[pocket watch]], is made by [[Peter Henlein]] in Germany at [[Nuremberg]]. After an absence of 480 years, the watch will be rediscovered at a flea market in [[London]]; an inscription on the watch, "MDVPHN", will be interpreted in 2014 as meaning a rendition of the year (MDV, 1505 in Roman numerals); the inventor (PH for Peter Henlein) and the place of manufacture (N for Nuremberg).<ref>Nicholas Foulkes, ''Time Tamed'' (Simon & Schuster UK, 2019)</ref><ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQJmneHVtn4''Peter Henlein: Watch 1505 - HR Fernsehen (German)''], [[hr-fernsehen]], German. Retrieved 2018-12-30.</ref>
* Portuguese merchants establish factories and fortresses on the east coast of Africa in [[Kilwa Kisiwani|Kilwa]], [[Sofala]], and [[Malindi]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Scammell |first1=Geoffrey Vaughn |title=The world encompassed : the first European maritime empires, c. 800-1650 |date=1981 |publisher=Methuen |isbn=978-0-416-76280-8 |page=258 |url=https://archive.org/details/worldencompassed0000scam/page/258/mode/2up?q=kilwa |access-date=28 June 2023}}</ref>
* [[Bermuda]] is discovered by [[Spanish Empire|Spanish]] explorer [[Juan de Bermúdez]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Fernández Morente |first1=Guadalupe |title=Actas de las Jornadas de Historia sobre el Descubriminento de America: Tomo II|chapter=Juan Bermúdez : descubridor de las Islas Bermudas|date=2011 |publisher=Universidad Internacional de Andalucía |isbn=978-84-7993-211-4 |chapter-url=https://dspace.unia.es/handle/10334/7174 |access-date=29 June 2023}}</ref>
* [[Judah Abravanel]] becomes personal physician to the viceroy of [[Naples]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Abravanel |first1=Isaac |title=מדרש אברבנאל: מבחר הגיונותיו עה״ת |date=1987 |publisher=י. לדרמן |page=24 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SOsQAQAAIAAJ&q=1505 |access-date=29 June 2023 |language=he}}</ref>
* [[Battle of Achnashellach]] in [[Kingdom of Scotland|Scotland]]: The [[Clan Cameron]] emerges victorious over [[Clan Munro]] and [[Clan MacKay]].<ref>{{cite web |title=The Battle of Achnashellach |url=http://www.clan-cameron.org/battles/1505.html |website=www.clan-cameron.org |access-date=29 June 2023}}</ref>
* Portuguese explorer [[Gonçalo Álvares]] is the first to sight what will later be known as [[Gough Island]] in the [[South Atlantic]].<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Hanel |first1=Christine |title=Gough Island: 500 years after its discovery : a bibliography of scientific and popular literature 1505 to 2005 : special article |journal=South African Journal of Science |date=2008 |volume=104 |issue=9 |page=329 |url=https://journals.co.za/doi/abs/10.10520/EJC96843 |access-date=29 June 2023}}</ref>
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* The [[St Catherine's Monastery]] on the Sinai is captured and sacked by Bedouins. Though the Mamluk sultan attempts to punish the raiders, he is unable to subdue them and preserve order.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Panchenko |first1=Constantine A. |title=Arabic Christianity between the Ottoman Levant and Eastern Europe |date=24 August 2021 |publisher=BRILL |isbn=978-90-04-46583-1 |page=33 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SnU_EAAAQBAJ |access-date=18 January 2024 |language=fr}}</ref>
* [[Old St. Peter's Basilica]] is demolished under the orders of [[Pope Julius II]]. Construction of the [[St. Peter's Basilica|new basilica]] begins the following year.