Today in History for Year 1499
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Months in Year 1499: January February March April June July August September October November
Historical Events
Results 1 - 9 of 9
Jan 8th - Louis XII of France after papal divorce marries Anne, Duchess of Brittany to keep duchy for the crown
Feb 9th - France & Venice sign treaty against Milan
Jul 26th - Alonso dhe Ojeda discovers Curacao Island
Aug 12th - First engagement of the Battle of Zonchio between Venetian and Ottoman fleets.
Aug 25th - Battle at Sapienza: Turkish fleet beats Venetians
Sep 22nd - Switzerland became an independent state.
Oct 6th - French king Louis XII occupies Milan
Nov 5th - Publication of the Catholicon in Treguier (Brittany). This Breton-French-Latin dictionary was written in 1464 by Jehan Lagadeuc. It is the first Breton dictionary as well as the first French dictionary.
Nov 23rd - Pretender to the throne Perkin Warbeck is hanged for reportedly attempting to escape from the Tower of London. He had invaded England in 1497, claiming to be the lost son of King Edward IV of England.
Famous Birthdays
Results 1 - 5 of 5
Feb 10th - Thomas Platter, Swiss humanist (d. 1582)
Mar 31st - Pius IV, [Gianangelo de' Medici], Italian lawyer/pope (1559-65)
Jun 24th - Johannes Brenz, German theologist (Dutch Brentians)
Sep 3rd - Diane de Poitiers, mistress of Henri II of France (d. 1566)
Oct 14th - Claude of France, wife of Louis XII of France (d. 1524)
Famous Deaths
Results 1 - 6 of 6
Jan 9th - Johan Cicero, elector of (Brandenburg, 1486-99), dies at 43
Apr 29th - John IV, Dutch army leader/earl of Egmond, dies
Jul 22nd - Neithart Fox, [Jonker Fox], German passage leader, slain in battle
Oct 1st - Marsilio Ficino, Italian philosopher (b. 1433)
Nov 23rd - Perkin Warbeck, Flemish sailor, hanged
Nov 28th - Edward Plantagenet, 18th Count of Warwick, beheaded
