Explore 134 historical events from 1490–1499.
Hieronymus (Jarosław) Laski, Lasky, Laszki, Laszky, Laskó, Jeromos, Jerome, Hieronym, Hieronim, was a Polish diplomat born of an illustrious Polish family. Laski was the nephew of …
Hieronymus Łaski, Polish diplomat (died 1542)
Claude de Lorraine, Duke of Guise was a French aristocrat and general. He became the first Duke of Guise in 1528.
Claude, Duke of Guise (died 1550)
Charles II or Charles John Amadeus, was the Duke of Savoy from 1490 to 1496 but his mother Blanche of Montferrat (1472–1519) was the actual ruler as a regent. In 1485 his father Ch…
Charles II, Duke of Savoy (born 1489)
Isabella of Portugal was Queen of Castile and León between 1447 and 1454 as the second wife of King John II.
Infanta Isabella of Portugal, Queen of Castile and León (born 1428)
Ferdinand II was King of Naples from 1495 to 1496. He was the son of Alfonso II of Naples and the grandson of Ferrante I of Naples.
Ferdinand II of Naples (born 1469)
Sir Hugh Clopton was a Lord Mayor of London, a member of the Worshipful Company of Mercers and a benefactor of his home town of Stratford-upon-Avon in Warwickshire.
Hugh Clopton, Lord Mayor of London (born c. 1440)
Piero Capponi was an Italian statesman and military leader from Florence; he is celebrated for his bold defiance of the King of France in 1494.
Piero Capponi, Italian soldier and politician (born 1447)
Gilbert de Bourbon, Count of Montpensier, was a member of the House of Bourbon. He was the son of Louis I, Count of Montpensier and Gabrielle de La Tour d'Auvergne, Count of Montpe…
Gilbert, Count of Montpensier (born 1443)
A monk is a man who is a member of a religious order and lives in a monastery. A monk usually lives his life in prayer and contemplation. The concept is ancient and can be seen in …
A monk, John Cor, records the first known batch of Scotch whisky
The First Italian War, or Charles VIII's Italian War, was the opening phase of the Italian Wars. The war pitted Charles VIII of France, who had initial Milanese aid, against the Ho…
First Italian War: Battle of Fornovo: Charles VIII defeats the Holy League.
The Battle of Seminara, part of the First Italian War, was fought in Calabria on 28 June 1495 between a French garrison in recently conquered Southern Italy and the allied forces o…
A French force heavily defeats a much larger Neapolitan and Spanish army at the battle of Seminara, leading to the creat
Petrus Apianus, also known as Peter Apian, Peter Bennewitz, and Peter Bienewitz, was a German humanist, known for his works in mathematics, astronomy and cartography. His work on "…
Petrus Apianus, German mathematician and astronomer (died 1557)
Bagrat III, of the Bagrationi dynasty, was the King (mepe) of the Kingdom of Imereti from 1510 to 1565, one of the three Georgian kingdoms that shared control over Georgia followin…
Bagrat III of Imereti, King of Imereti (died 1565)
John II, called the Perfect Prince, was King of Portugal from 1481 until his death in 1495, and also for a brief time in 1477. He is known for reestablishing the power of the Portu…
John II of Portugal (born 1455)
Christopher Columbus was an Italian explorer and navigator from the Republic of Genoa who completed four Spanish transatlantic voyages in the name of the Catholic Monarchs, opening…
On his second voyage to the New World, Christopher Columbus sights Jamaica, landing at Discovery Bay and declares Jamaic
Johann or Johannes Agricola was a German Protestant Reformer during the Protestant Reformation. He was a follower and friend of Martin Luther, who became his antagonist in the matt…
Johannes Agricola, German theologian and reformer (died 1566)
Jacopo Carucci or Carrucci, usually known as Jacopo (da) Pontormo or simply Pontormo, was an Italian Mannerist painter and portraitist from the Florentine School. His work represen…
Pontormo, Italian painter (died 1557)
Elisabeth of Brunswick-Lüneburg was a Duchess of Brunswick-Lüneburg by birth and by marriage Duchess of Guelders.
Elisabeth of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Duchess of Guelders (1518–1538) (died 1572)
Francis I was King of France from 1515 until his death in 1547. He was the son of Charles, Count of Angoulême, and Louise of Savoy. He succeeded his first cousin once removed and f…
Francis I of France (died 1547)
Spain, officially the Kingdom of Spain, is a country in Southern and Western Europe with territories in North Africa. Featuring the southernmost point of continental Europe, it is …
Spain and Portugal sign the Treaty of Tordesillas which divides the New World between the two countries
The Age of Discovery, also known as the Age of Exploration, was part of the early modern period and overlapped with the Age of Sail. It was a period from approximately the 15th to …
Age of Discovery: The Treaty of Tordesillas is ratified by Spain.
Agnolo Firenzuola was an Italian writer and poet, of mainly secular works, despite having been a Vallombrosan monk.
Agnolo Firenzuola, Italian poet and playwright (died 1545)
Eskender was Emperor of Ethiopia and a member of the Solomonic dynasty. His throne name was Constantine II. The son of Emperor Baeda Maryam I by his wife Queen Romna, his early yea…
Eskender, Emperor of Ethiopia (born 1471)
Giovanni Santi was an Italian painter and poet, father of Raphael Sanzio. He was born in 1435 at Colbordolo in the Duchy of Urbino. He studied under Piero della Francesca and was i…
Giovanni Santi, artist and father of Raphael (born c. 1435)