1495
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Years:
1492
1493
1494
-
1495
-
1496
1497
1498
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Decades
:
1460s
1470s
1480s
-
1490s
-
1500s
1510s
1520s
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Centuries
:
14th century
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15th century
-
16th century
Events
February 22
- King
Charles VIII of France
enters
Naples
to claim the city's throne. A few months later, he decides to return to France, and leaves Naples with most of his army, leaving a force under his cousin
Gilbert, Count of Montpensier
as Viceroy.
May 26
- A Spanish army under
Hernandez Gonzalo de Cordoba
lands in Calabria with the purpose of ousting the French and restoring
Ferrante II
to the throne of
Naples
.
June 1
- Friar
John Cor
records the first known batch of
Scotch whisky
.
June 28
-
Battle of Seminara
. Cordoba and Ferrante are defeated by a French army under
Bernard Stuart, Seigneur d'Aubigny
.
July 6
-
Battle of Fornovo
- The French army under King Charles secures its retreat from Italy by defeating a combined Milanese-Venetian force under
Giovanni Francesco Gonzaga
, Marquis of
Mantua
.
December 25
-
Second Battle of Acentejo
-The Spanish crush native forces of the island of
Tenerife
, leading to the subjugation of this last bastion of resistance in the
Canary Islands
.
Russia
invades
Sweden
through
Karelia
, but are beaten back at
Vyborg
.
Founding of the
Reichskammergericht
of the
Holy Roman Empire
.
Births
Costanzo Festa
, Italian composer (approximate date) (d.
1545
)
Nicolas Gombert
,
Franco-Flemish
composer (approximate date)
Deaths
October 25
- King
John II of Portugal
Jasper Tudor, 1st Duke of Bedford
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