In 1501 Jan Tarnowski was sent to king's court.

On the accession to the Polish throne in 1501 of Alexander Jagiellon, who had little knowledge of Polish affairs and chiefly resided in Lithuania, Laski was appointed by the senate the king's secretary, in which capacity he successfully opposed the growing separatist tendencies of the grand-duchy and maintained the influence of Catholicism, now seriously threatened there by the Muscovite propaganda.

Joachim ( 1505 – 1571 ), the future elector of Brandenburg, was the eldest son and heir of their current claimant of Luxembourg, Joachim I, Elector of Brandenburg ( 1484 – 1535 ), the eldest son and heir of the late Margaret of Thuringia ( 1449 – 1501 ), Dowager Electress of Brandenburg, herself the eldest daughter and heiress of Anna, Duchess of Luxembourg and William of Saxony, Landgrave of Thuringia.

On 14 November 1501, Elizabeth's eldest son, Arthur ( aged 15 ), married Catherine of Aragon, daughter of Ferdinand II of Aragon and Isabella I of Castile, and the pair were sent to Ludlow Castle, traditional residence of the Prince of Wales.

In 1500, she bore a son, who was named Charles after his great-grandfather, Charles the Bold, and she bore a daughter, Isabella, in 1501.

In 1501 Prince Arthur, ( son of Henry VII and brother to Henry VIII ) with his bride Catherine of Aragon, lived here for a short time before his early death of an infection from which his wife recovered.

Photisarath ( also spelled Phothisarath, Phothisarat, or Potisarat ) ( 1501 – 1547 ) son of King Visunarat of Lanxang, is considered to be the most devout of the Lao kings, he banned spirit worship and built temples upon the sites of spirit shrines.

Thomas Grey, 7th Baron Ferrers of Groby, 1st Earl of Huntingdon, and 1st Marquess of Dorset, KG ( c. 1455 – 20 September 1501 ), was an English nobleman, courtier and the eldest son of Elizabeth Woodville and her first husband John Grey of Groby.

* Hieronymus Frobenius ( 1501 – 1563 ), publisher and printer in Basel, son of Johannes

He was created Earl of Huntly in the Peerage of Scotland in 1445 and succeeded by his son, the second Earl, who served as Lord Chancellor of Scotland from 1498 to 1501.

The Banquet of Chestnuts, known more properly as the Ballet of Chestnuts, refers to a fête in Rome, and particularly to a supper held in the Papal Palace by Cardinal Cesare Borgia, son of Pope Alexander VI on October 30, 1501.

* 1497 – 1501: John V ( son of, also count of Auvergne )

Since his only son, Camillo ( died after 1586 ), was illegitimate, albeit made a Knight of the Order of Malta, Gian Giacomo's honors passed to his brother Agosto ( 1501 – 1570 ).

The Spanish princess Catherine of Aragon brought the fashion into England on her marriage to Prince Arthur, eldest son of Henry VII in 1501.

The map makes clear that Greenland had been rediscovered and charted for Portugal, presumably by João Vaz Corte-Real during his service with Pining and Pothorst's 1473 expedition for King Christian I of Denmark or by his son Gaspar during the latter's own 1500 and 1501 expeditions for King Manuel I of Portugal.

Duarte Barbosa was the son of Diogo Barbosa, a server of D. Álvaro of Braganza who went to India in 1501 in a joint venture of D. Álvaro with Bartholomeu Marchionni, in the 3rd Portuguese India Armada captained by João da Nova.

Simon's son Alexander succeeded him around 1501.

Garcia de Orta was born in Castelo de Vide, probably in 1501, the son of Fernão ( Isaac ) da Orta, a merchant, and Leonor Gomes.

In 1488 Galeotto Manfredi was assassinated by his wife: his son Astorre III succeeded him, but was in turn killed in Rome as a prisoner of Cesare Borgia, who had captured Faenza in 1501.

Hieronymus Froben ( 1501 – 1563 ) was a famous pioneering printer in Basel and the eldest son of Johann Froben.

* João Gonçalves da Câmara ( d. Funchal, Madeira, 26 March, 1501 ), married to Dona Mécia de Noronha, daughter of Dom João Henriques de Noronha ( bastard son of Alfonso, Count of Gijón and Noroña ) and wife Beatriz, Lady de Mirabel and sister of Dom Garcia Henriques, and had issue, and also one bastard son by an unknown mother

* Thomas Grey, 1st Marquess of Dorset ( 1451 – 1501 ) ( created Marquess of Dorset, 1475 ), was the son of Sir John Grey of Groby

Henry Stafford, 1st Baron Stafford ( 18 September 1501 – 30 April 1563 ) was born in Penshurst, Kent, England the eldest son of Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham and Eleanor Percy, Duchess of Buckingham.

At the age of three, Catherine was betrothed to Prince Arthur, heir to the English throne, and they married in 1501, but Arthur died five months later.

Arthur, Prince of Wales | Arthur around the time of his marriage circa 1501

* 1501 – Catherine of Aragon ( later Henry VIII's first wife ) meets Arthur Tudor, Henry VIII's older brother – they would later marry.

# Catherine of Aragon ( 1501 – 1502 ) — became dowager princess when her first husband, Arthur, died as Prince.

In about 1501, he was called to court as tutor of the young Arthur, Prince of Wales.

Arthur around the time of his marriage c. 1501

In 1501 he was involved in the negotiations for Catherine of Aragon's marriage to Arthur, Prince of Wales, and in 1503 conducted Margaret Tudor to Scotland for her wedding to King James IV.

* Following the annulment of her marriage to King Henry VIII of England, Katherine of Aragon was styled either " Princess Dowager of Wales " or " Dowager Princess of Wales " in consequence of her previous marriage ( 1501 ) to Henry's older brother, Arthur, Prince of Wales ( died 1502 ).

He was knighted Knight of the Bath on the marriage of Prince Arthur in 1501.

The first laird of Harden, was William Scott having acquired the estate from Lord Home in 1501.

After having gone to school in St. Gallen, he moved to Vienna at the end of 1501, where he took up studies at faculty of arts the university, in particular under Conrad Celtis.

Ten days later, on 14 November 1501, they were married at Old St. Paul's Cathedral.

Around 1501, Vasco da Gama married Catarina de Ataíde, daughter of Álvaro de Ataíde, the alcaide-mór of Alvor ( Algarve ), and a prominent nobleman connected by kinship with the powerful Almeida family ( Catarina was a first cousin of D. Francisco de Almeida ).

* Thomas Grey, Earl of Huntingdon, Marquess of Dorset and Lord Ferrers de Groby ( 1457 – 20 September 1501 ), married firstly Anne Holland, but she died young without issue ; he married secondly on 18 July 1474, Cecily Bonville, suo jure Baroness Harington and Bonville, by whom he had fourteen children.

Ten days later, on 14 November 1501, they were married at Old St Paul's Cathedral.

* Rodolfo ( 1451 – 1495 ), married Antonia Malatesta and then Caterina Pico ( died 1501 )

* Eleanor Grey, living 24 Feb. 1501 / 2, married Sir John Arundell of Lanherne, Cornwall, and had Sir Thomas Arundell of Lanherne.

All agree that he married Cecily, Marchioness of Dorset ( 1460-12 May 1529 ), daughter of William Bonville, 6th Baron Harington, and widow of Wiltshire's first cousin Thomas Grey, 1st Marquess of Dorset ( c. 1456 – 1501 ).

He was betrothed to Lady Cecily Grey ( a daughter of Thomas Grey, 1st Marquess of Dorset, by Cecily, his wife, suo jure Baroness Harington and Baroness Bonville ) by 30 October 1501, whom he subsequently married.

* Catherine d ' Orléans ( 1449 – 1501 ), married 14 May 1468 to Johann II of Nassau-Saarbrücken ( 1430 – 1472 ), Count of Roucy

* Theodosia ( 29 May 148519 February 1501 ), married Vasili, Prince of Kholm but had no issue.

In 1501, Margaret married Philibert II, Duke of Savoy ( 1480 – 1504 ), who died three years later.

* Alice Vaux ( d. 1543 ), married Sir Richard Sapcote c. 1501.

* James Butler, 9th Earl of Ormond ( c. 1501 – 1546 ), also called " the lame ", who married Lady Joan FitzGerald, daughter and heiress of James FitzGerald, 10th Earl of Desmond, and had issue.