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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
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)
Tielman Susato, Flemish composer and printer (approximate date)
Deaths
May 29 - Bartolomeu Dias, Portuguese explorer, first European to sail around the Cape of Good Hope
Emperor Go-Tsuchimikado of Japan
References
Spielvogel -- (5th Edition), p.401
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