April 17 » Spain and Christopher Columbus sign the Capitulations of Santa Fe for his voyage to Asia to acquire spices.
April 30 » Spain gives Christopher Columbus his commission of exploration.
July 31 » The Jews are expelled from Spain when the Alhambra Decree takes effect.
August 12 » Christopher Columbus arrives in the Canary Islands on his first voyage to the New World.
September 6 » Christopher Columbus sails from La Gomera in the Canary Islands, his final port of call before crossing the Atlantic Ocean for the first time.
December 5 » Christopher Columbus becomes the first European to set foot on the island of Hispaniola (now Haiti and the Dominican Republic).
June 13 » Henry Grace à Dieu, at over 1,000 tons the largest warship in the world at this time, built at the new Woolwich Dockyard in England, is dedicated.
August 23 » The Battle of Chaldiran ends with a decisive victory for the Sultan Selim I, Ottoman Empire, over the Shah Ismail I, founder of the Safavid dynasty.
September 8 » Battle of Orsha: In one of the biggest battles of the century, Lithuanians and Poles defeat the Russian army.
April 17 » Trial of Martin Luther over his teachings begins during the assembly of the Diet of Worms. Initially intimidated, he asks for time to reflect before answering and is given a stay of one day.
April 23 » Battle of Villalar: King Charles I of Spain defeats the Comuneros.
April 29 » Swedish War of Liberation: Swedish troops defeat a Danish force in the Battle of Västerås.
May 20 » Ignatius of Loyola is seriously wounded in the Battle of Pampeluna.
June 30 » Spanish forces defeat a combined French and Navarrese army at the Battle of Noáin during the Spanish conquest of Iberian Navarre.
August 29 » The Ottoman Turks capture Nándorfehérvár (Belgrade).
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