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| Years: 1497 1498 1499 - 1500 - 1501 1502 1503 | |
| Decades: 1470s 1480s 1490s - 1500s - 1510s 1520s 1530s | |
| Centuries: 14th century - 15th century - 16th century | |
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Events
- Europe's population was ~60 million. (Spielvogel)
- January 5 - Duke Ludovico Sforza recaptures Milan, but is soon driven out again by the French.
- April 22 - Portuguese navigator Pedro Alvares Cabral officially discovers Brazil and claims the land for Portugal.
- November 11 - Treaty of Granada - Louis XII of France and Ferdinand II of Aragon agree to divide the Kingdom of Naples between them.
- Emperor Go-Kashiwabara ascends to the throne of Japan.
- Battle of Hemmingstedt: The Danish army fails to conquer the peasants' republic of Dithmarschen.
- Second Battle of Lepanto - The Turkish fleet of Kemal Re'is defeats the Venetians. The Turks proceed to capture Modon, Lepanto, and Koron.
- The Luo, a Nilotic people from modern Sudan, settle the Cwezi states, establishing the state of Buganda. (approximate date))
- Diogo Dias is the first European to see Madagascar.
Births
- February 24 - Charles V of Hapsburg born in Ghent
Deaths
References
- Spielvogel -- Western Civilization -- Volume II: Since 1500 (5th Edition), p.401
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