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Decades
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Centuries
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Events
Settlers from
Portugal
begin to settle the
Cape Verde
islands.
March 28
- Death of
Vasili II of Russia
. Succeeded by his son
Ivan III of Russia
.
September 17
-
Battle of Swiecin
, called also Battle of Zarnowiec, during
Thirteen Years' War
Winter
-
Vlad III Dracula
, reigning Prince of
Wallachia
is deposed by the forces of Sultan
Mehmed II
of the
Ottoman Empire
and replaced by his younger brother
Radu the Handsome
.
Births
June 27
- King
Louis XII of France
(d.
1515
)
1 February
-
Johannes Trithemius
, scholar and cryptographer
Deaths
May 8
- Palla Strozzi , founder of the first public library in
Florence
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