French viceroy of Naples Montpensier surrenders
French viceroy of Naples Montpensier surrenders
French viceroy of Naples Montpensier surrenders
Events Before
Juw Dekama is elected Potestaat of Frisia
Potestaat was the title of a supposed governor of medieval Friesland. According to the legendary Karelsprivilege, a 14th-century forgery, Charlemagne had first granted the title of potestaat to…
Treaty of Tordesillas: Spain and Portugal divide the New World along a meridian 370 leagues west of the Cape Verde Islan
Treaty of Tordesillas: Spain and Portugal divide the New World along a meridian 370 leagues west of the Cape Verde Islands off the west coast of Africa
Piero the Unfortunate of the de' Medici family, ruler of Florence, loses power and flees the state
Piero the Unfortunate of the de' Medici family, ruler of Florence, loses power and flees the state
The first Mass in the New World is celebrated at La Isabela, Hispaniola
La Isabela in Puerto Plata Province, Dominican Republic was the first stable Spanish settlement and town in the Americas established in late December 1493 to early January 1494.
Alfonso II succeeds his father as King of Naples
Alfonso II (4 November 1448 – 18 December 1495) was Duke of Calabria and ruled as King of Naples from 25 January 1494 to 23 January 1495.
Events After
Leonardo da Vinci unsuccessfully tests a flying machine
Leonardo da Vinci unsuccessfully tests a flying machine
Joanna of Aragon marries Philip of Flanders, future King Philip I of Castile
Joanna of Aragon marries Philip of Flanders, future King Philip I of Castile
English King Henry VII grants John Cabot (Giovanni Caboto) a commission to explore for new lands
John Cabot was an Italian navigator and explorer. His 1497 voyage to the coast of North America under the commission of Henry VII, King of England is the earliest known European exploration of...
Jews are expelled from Carintha, Austria
Jews are expelled from Carintha, Austria
Jews are expelled from Syria
Sephardic Jews, also known as Sephardi Jews or Sephardim, and rarely as Iberian Peninsular Jews, are a Jewish diaspora population associated with the historic Jewish communities of the Iberian...
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