Historical Events in 1507

Mar 18 Emperor Maximilian I names his daughter Margaret of Austria the first woman Governor of the Netherlands and regent to her brother Charles V

Oct 27 Portuguese admiral Afonso de Albuquerque captures the Persian fortress of Ormuz on Hormuz Island

Nov 7 First named reference to royal trumpeter John Blanke, the first black person whose image survives from Tudor England, in payment for services by Henry VII [1]