January 8 » Louis XII of France marries Anne of Brittany in accordance with a law set by his predecessor, Charles VIII.
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.
November 5 » Publication of the Catholicon, written in 1464 by Jehan Lagadeuc in Tréguier; this is the first Breton dictionary as well as the first French dictionary.
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.
December 18 » A rebellion breaks out in Alpujarras in response to the forced conversions of Muslims in Spain.
March 28 » The foundation stone of Valletta, Malta's capital city, is laid by Jean Parisot de Valette, Grand Master of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta.
April 5 » Two hundred Dutch noblemen, led by Hendrick van Brederode, force themselves into the presence of Margaret of Parma and present the Petition of Compromise, denouncing the Spanish Inquisition in the Seventeen Provinces.
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