March 9 » The fleet of Pedro Álvares Cabral leaves Lisbon for the Indies. The fleet will discover Brazil which lies within boundaries granted to Portugal in the Treaty of Tordesillas.
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.
November 11 » Treaty of Granada: Louis XII of France and Ferdinand II of Aragon agree to divide the Kingdom of Naples between them.
March 27 » Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de León reaches the northern end of The Bahamas on his first voyage to Florida.
April 2 » Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de León first sights land in what is now the United States state of Florida.
April 30 » Edmund de la Pole, Yorkist pretender to the English throne, is executed on the orders of Henry VIII.
August 16 » Battle of the Spurs (Battle of Guinegate): King Henry VIII of England and his Imperial allies defeat French Forces who are then forced to retreat.
September 25 » Spanish explorer Vasco Núñez de Balboa reaches what would become known as the Pacific Ocean.
October 7 » War of the League of Cambrai: Spain defeats Venice.
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