1505 ( MDV ) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar , the 1505th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 505th year of the 2nd millennium , the 5th year of the 16th century , and the 6th year of the 1500s decade. As of the start of 1505, the Gregorian calendar was 10 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.

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• March 5 ? Papal dispensation issued for the marriage of Henry VIII of England and Catherine of Aragon
• Portuguese under Dom Lourenco d'Almeida reach Colombo , Sri Lanka and send envoys to King of Kotte .
• June 27 ? Henry VIII of England repudiates his engagement to Catherine of Aragon , at his father's command
• King Alexander of Poland signed " Nihil novi " act ? Poland became Nobles' Democracy
• Poland prohibits peasants from leaving their lands, establishing serfdom
• Christ's College , Cambridge founded.
• Vasili III succeeds Ivan III as Grand Prince of Muscovy .
• Idiosa III of Chardonnay murdered.
• Arabs reach Comoros .
• Judah Abravanel becomes personal physician to the viceroy of Naples .