1500

Centuries: 14th century - 15th century - 16th century

Decades: 1450s 1460s 1470s 1480s 1490s - 1500s - 1510s 1520s 1530s 1540s 1550s

Years: 1495 1496 1497 1498 1499 - 1500 - 1501 1502 1503 1504 1505

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Events

• Europe's population was ~60 million. (Spielvogel)
• January 5 - Duke Ludovico Sforza recaptures Milan, but is soon driven out again by the French
• January 26 - Vicente Yáñez Pinzón becomes the first European to discover Brazil.
• 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.

Births

• February 24 - Charles V of Hapsburg born in Ghent

Deaths

• Emperor Go-Tsuchimikado of Japan

References

• Spielvogel -- Western Civilization -- Volume II: Since 1500 (5th Edition), p.401\n

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