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Years:
1493 1494 1495 - 1496 - 1497 1498 1499
Decades:
1460s 1470s 1480s - 1490s - 1500s 1510s 1520s
Centuries:
14th century - 15th century - 16th century

Events

  • January 3 - Leonardo da Vinci unsuccessfully tests a flying machine.
  • March 10 - Christopher Columbus leaves Hispaniola for Spain, ending his second visit to the Western Hemisphere.
  • July - Spanish forces under Gonzalo Hernandez de Cordoba capture Atella after a siege. Among the prisoners is the French viceroy of Naples, the Comte de Montpensier. Ferrante II is restored to the throne of Naples.
  • Jesus College (University of Cambridge) founded.
  • Births

  • May 12 - Gustav Vasa, later King Gustav I of Sweden
  • Johann Walter, notable pre-Reformation German composer of hymns
  • Deaths

  • March 4 - Sigismund of Austria - Regent of Tyrol and Further Austria
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