February 15 » While on board the Niña, Christopher Columbus writes an open letter (widely distributed upon his return to Portugal) describing his discoveries and the unexpected items he came across in the New World.
March 15 » Christopher Columbus returns to Spain after his first trip to the Americas.
May 4 » Pope Alexander VI divides the New World between Spain and Portugal along the Line of Demarcation.
September 9 » Battle of Krbava Field, a decisive defeat of Croats in Croatian struggle against the invasion by the Ottoman Empire.
November 3 » Christopher Columbus first sights the island of Dominica in the Caribbean Sea.
November 18 » Christopher Columbus first sights the island now known as Puerto Rico.
April 11 » War of the League of Cambrai: French forces led by Gaston de Foix win the Battle of Ravenna.
July 10 » The Spanish conquest of Iberian Navarre commences with the capture of Goizueta.
August 10 » The naval Battle of Saint-Mathieu, during the War of the League of Cambrai, sees the simultaneous destruction of the Breton ship La Cordelière and the English ship The Regent.
October 19 » Martin Luther becomes a doctor of theology.
October 21 » Martin Luther joins the theological faculty of the University of Wittenberg.
November 1 » The ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, painted by Michelangelo, is exhibited to the public for the first time.
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