July 26 » Wars of the Roses: The Battle of Edgecote Moor, pitting the forces of Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick against those of Edward IV of England, takes place.
August 1 » Louis XI of France founds the chivalric order called the Order of Saint Michael in Amboise.
October 19 » Ferdinand II of Aragon marries Isabella I of Castile, a marriage that paves the way to the unification of Aragon and Castile into a single country, Spain.
January 8 » Louis XII of France marries Anne of Brittany in accordance with a law set by his predecessor, Charles VIII.
May 18 » Alonso de Ojeda sets sail from Cádiz on his voyage to what is now Venezuela.
July 10 » The Portuguese explorer Nicolau Coelho returns to Lisbon after discovering the sea route to India as a companion of Vasco da Gama.
July 22 » Battle of Dornach: The Swiss decisively defeat the army of Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor.
September 22 » The Treaty of Basel concludes the Swabian War.
November 23 » 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.
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