January 26 » Vicente Yáñez Pinzón becomes the first European to set foot on Brazil.
February 17 » Duke Friedrich and Duke Johann attempt to subdue the peasantry of Dithmarschen, Denmark, in the Battle of Hemmingstedt.
March 29 » Cesare Borgia is given the title of Captain General and Gonfalonier by his father Rodrigo Borgia after returning from his conquests in the Romagna.
April 10 » Ludovico Sforza is captured by Swiss troops at Novara and is handed over to the French.
April 22 » Portuguese navigator Pedro Álvares Cabral lands in Brazil.
August 9 » Ottoman–Venetian War (1499–1503): The Ottomans capture Methoni, Messenia.
February 12 » Japanese invasion of Korea: Approximately 3,000 Joseon defenders led by general Kwon Yul successfully repel more than 30,000 Japanese forces in the Siege of Haengju.
May 12 » London playwright Thomas Kyd is arrested and tortured by the Privy Council for libel.
May 18 » Playwright Thomas Kyd's accusations of heresy lead to an arrest warrant for Christopher Marlowe.
June 22 » Battle of Sisak: Allied Christian troops defeat the Ottomans.
July 25 » Henry IV of France publicly converts from Protestantism to Roman Catholicism.
August 27 » Pierre Barrière failed an attempt to assassinate Henry IV of France.
February 12 » Japanese invasion of Korea: Approximately 3,000 Joseon defenders led by general Kwon Yul successfully repel more than 30,000 Japanese forces in the Siege of Haengju.
May 12 » London playwright Thomas Kyd is arrested and tortured by the Privy Council for libel.
May 18 » Playwright Thomas Kyd's accusations of heresy lead to an arrest warrant for Christopher Marlowe.
June 22 » Battle of Sisak: Allied Christian troops defeat the Ottomans.
July 25 » Henry IV of France publicly converts from Protestantism to Roman Catholicism.
August 27 » Pierre Barrière failed an attempt to assassinate Henry IV of France.
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