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Years: 1493 1494 1495 - 1496 - 1497 1498 1499

Decades: 1460s 1470s 1480s - 1490s - 1500s 1510s 1520s

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

Events

• January 3 - Leonardo da Vinci unsuccessfully tests a flying machine
• March 10 - Christopher Columbus leaves Hispaniola for Spain, ending his second visit to the Western Hemisphere.
• July - Spanish forces under Gonzalo Hernandez de Cordoba capture Atella after a siege. Among the prisoners is the French viceroy of Naples, the Comte de Montpensier. Ferrante II is restored to the throne of Naples.
• Jesus College (University of Cambridge) founded.

Births

• May 12 - Gustav Vasa, later King Gustav I of Sweden

Deaths

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