NOTE:Maria, gravin van Loon, dochter van Jan II van Loon, heer van Heinsberg en dens tweede echtgenote Anna, gravin van Solms, geb. 1424, overl. 20.4.1502, begr. Breda.
February 21 » The Prussian Confederation is formed.
April 9 » Christopher of Bavaria is appointed King of Denmark.
September 15 » Gilles de Rais, one of the earliest known serial killers, is taken into custody upon an accusation brought against him by Jean de Malestroit, Bishop of Nantes.
February 10 » Vasco da Gama sets sail from Lisbon, Portugal, on his second voyage to India.
February 12 » Isabella I issues an edict outlawing Islam in the Crown of Castile, forcing virtually all her Muslim subjects to convert to Christianity.
June 15 » Christopher Columbus lands on the island of Martinique on his fourth voyage.
July 30 » Christopher Columbus lands at Guanaja in the Bay Islands off the coast of Honduras during his fourth voyage.
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