First engagement of the Battle of Zonchio between Venetian and Ottoman fleets
First engagement of the Battle of Zonchio between Venetian and Ottoman fleets
First engagement of the Battle of Zonchio between Venetian and Ottoman fleets
Events Before
Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama arrives in Calicut, India, becoming the first European to reach India by sea
Vasco da Gama ( VAS-koo də GA (H)M-ə, European Portuguese: [ˈvaʃku ðɐ ˈɣɐmɐ]; c. 1460s – 24 December 1524) was a Portuguese mariner, explorer and nobleman.
Cesare Borgia, son of Pope Alexander IV, 1st man to resign the cardinalate marries Charlotte d'Albret of Navarre
Cesare Borgia, son of Pope Alexander IV, 1st man to resign the cardinalate marries Charlotte d'Albret of Navarre
Crowd storms Savonarola's convent San Marco Florence, Italy
Crowd storms Savonarola's convent San Marco Florence, Italy
Jews are expelled from Nuremberg, Bavaria, by Emperor Maximillian
Jews are expelled from Nuremberg, Bavaria, by Emperor Maximillian
Charles VIII dies
Charles VIII dies
Events After
Pedro Álvares Cabral is the first European to discover Brazil, landing near Monte Pascoal and claiming it for Portugal
Pedro Álvares Cabral was a Portuguese nobleman, military commander, navigator and explorer regarded as the European discoverer of Brazil.
"Blood Wedding" of Astorre Baglione & Lavinia Colonna in Perugia family Baglione massacre
"Blood Wedding" of Astorre Baglione & Lavinia Colonna in Perugia family Baglione massacre
King Manuel of Portugal (31) marries his second wife Maria of Aragon (18), daughter of the Catholic Monarchs of Spain an
King Manuel of Portugal (31) marries his second wife Maria of Aragon (18), daughter of the Catholic Monarchs of Spain and the sister of his first wife Isabella, in Alcácer do Sal
Vicente Yáñez Pinzón becomes the first European to set foot in Brazil
Vicente Yáñez Pinzón becomes the first European to set foot in Brazil
Battle of Hemmingstedt: German peasant army of Dithmarschen repels King John of Denmark and his brother Duke Frederick's
Battle of Hemmingstedt: German peasant army of Dithmarschen repels King John of Denmark and his brother Duke Frederick's army of Schleswig and Holstein
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Muhammad XII, the last Emir of Granada, surrenders the city of Granada to Ferdinand II of Aragon and Isabella I of Casti
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