1498
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Years:
1495
1496
1497
-
1498
-
1499
1500
1501
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Decades
:
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1470s
1480s
-
1490s
-
1500s
1510s
1520s
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Centuries
:
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15th century
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16th century
Events
Portuguese explorer
Vasco da Gama
visits
Quelimane
and
Moambique
in southeastern
Africa
.
May 20
-
Vasco da Gama
arrives at
Calicut
(now
Kozhikode
),
India
, becoming the first European to get there by sailing around Africa.
May 23
-
Girolamo Savonarola
, ruler of
Florence
, is executed for criticizing the
Pope
.
July 31
- On his third voyage to the
Western Hemisphere
,
Christopher Columbus
becomes the first European to discover the island of
Trinidad
.
Christopher Columbus
lands on the
South American
continent.
The
Portuguese
sail up to the coasts of modern
Tanzania
and
Kenya
.
Births
Deaths
April 7
- King
Charles VIII of France
(b.
1470
)
May 23
-
Girolamo Savonarola
, religious reformer, briefly ruler of
Florence
(b.
1452
)
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