1506

1506 (MDVI) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar, the 1506th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 506th year of the 2nd millennium, the 6th year of the 16th century, and the 7th year of the 1500s decade. As of the start of 1506, the Gregorian calendar was 10 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	15th century – 16th century – 17th century
Decades:	1470s  1480s  1490s  – 1500s –  1510s  1520s  1530s
Years:	1503 1504 1505 – 1506 – 1507 1508 1509

1506 in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	1506 MDVI
Ab urbe condita	2259
Armenian calendar	955 ԹՎ ՋԾԵ
Assyrian calendar	6256
Balinese saka calendar	1427–1428
Bengali calendar	913
Berber calendar	2456
English Regnal year	21 Hen. 7 – 22 Hen. 7
Buddhist calendar	2050
Burmese calendar	868
Byzantine calendar	7014–7015
Chinese calendar	乙丑年 (Wood Ox) 4202 or 4142     — to — 丙寅年 (Fire Tiger) 4203 or 4143
Coptic calendar	1222–1223
Discordian calendar	2672
Ethiopian calendar	1498–1499
Hebrew calendar	5266–5267
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	1562–1563
- Shaka Samvat	1427–1428
- Kali Yuga	4606–4607
Holocene calendar	11506
Igbo calendar	506–507
Iranian calendar	884–885
Islamic calendar	911–912
Japanese calendar	Eishō 3 (永正３年)
Javanese calendar	1423–1424
Julian calendar	1506 MDVI
Korean calendar	3839
Minguo calendar	406 before ROC 民前406年
Nanakshahi calendar	38
Thai solar calendar	2048–2049
Tibetan calendar	阴木牛年 (female Wood-Ox) 1632 or 1251 or 479     — to — 阳火虎年 (male Fire-Tiger) 1633 or 1252 or 480

Events

• January 22 – The Swiss Guard arrives at the Vatican, to serve as permanent ceremonial and palace guards under Pope Julius II.

Births

• April 7 – Francis Xavier, Spanish Jesuit saint (d. 1552)