February 3 » Bartolomeu Dias of Portugal lands in Mossel Bay after rounding the Cape of Good Hope, becoming the first known European to travel so far south.
June 11 » Battle of Sauchieburn: Fought between rebel Lords and James III of Scotland, resulting in the death of the king.
September 9 » Anne becomes sovereign Duchess of Brittany, becoming a central figure in the struggle for influence that leads to the union of Brittany and France.
February 3 » The Portuguese navy defeats a joint fleet of the Ottoman Empire, the Republic of Venice, the Sultan of Gujarat, the Mamlûk Burji Sultanate of Egypt, the Zamorin of Calicut, and the Republic of Ragusa at the Battle of Diu in Diu, India.
April 27 » Pope Julius II places the Italian state of Venice under interdict.
May 14 » Battle of Agnadello: In northern Italy, French forces defeat the Republic of Venice.
June 11 » Henry VIII of England marries Catherine of Aragon.
June 24 » Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon are crowned King and Queen of England.
September 10 » An earthquake known as "The Lesser Judgment Day" hits Constantinople.
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