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Contents
1 Events
2 Births
3 Deaths
4 References
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 Álvares 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
See also
Category:1500 births
February 24
-
Charles V of Hapsburg
born in
Ghent
Bartolomé de Escobedo
, Spanish composer (approximate date)
Cristóbal de Morales
, renowned Spanish composer (approximate date)
Luis de Milán
, Spanish composer, first to publish music for the guitar (approximate date)
Reginald Cardinal Pole
, Archbishop of Canterbury (d.
1558
)
Tielman Susato
, Flemish composer and printer (approximate date)
Deaths
See also
Category:1500 deaths
May 29
-
Bartolomeu Dias
, Portuguese explorer
September 5
-
John Morton
, Archbishop of Canterbury
Emperor Go-Tsuchimikado of Japan
References
Spielvogel
--
(5th Edition), p.401
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