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Decades
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Centuries
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15th century
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Events
January 20
-
Christian II
becomes King of
Denmark
and
Norway
.
March 11
-
Leo X
elected pope.
March 27
- Explorer
Juan Ponce de Leon
sights
North America
(specifically
Florida
) for the first time mistaking it for another
island
. Later, on
April 2
, he landed somewhere on the east coast of the newly discovered land.
April
-
Juan Ponce de Leon
and his expedition become the first Europeans known to visit
Florida
.
June 6
-
Italian Wars
:
Battle of Novara
- Swiss troops defeat the French under Louis de la Tremoille , forcing the French to abandon
Milan
. Duke Massimiliano Sforza is restored.
August 16
-
Battle of the Spurs
(or Battle of Guinegate). English troops under
Henry VIII
defeat a French army under Marshal La Palice.
August 22
- Capture of Terouenne by
Henry VIII of England
.
September 9
-
Battle of Flodden Field
, King
James IV of Scotland
defeated and killed by an English army under
Thomas Howard, Earl of Surrey
. James's son the Duke of Rothesay becomes
James V, King of Scots
.
September 25
-
Vasco Núñez de Balboa
, "silent upon a peak in Darién", first sees the
Pacific Ocean
.
October 7
- Battle of La Motta - Spanish troops under Ramon de Cardona defeat the Venetians.
December
-
Louis XII
makes peace with the Pope and Spain.
Births
George Wishart
, Scottish religious reformer (†
1546
)
Deaths
February 21
-
Pope Julius II
September 9
- King
James IV of Scotland
.
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