July 25 » The Battle of Molinella: The first battle in Italy in which firearms are used extensively.
August 20 » The Second Battle of Olmedo takes places as part of a succession conflict between Henry IV of Castile and his half-brother Alfonso, Prince of Asturias.
October 29 » Battle of Brustem: Charles the Bold defeats Prince-Bishopric of Liège.
December 15 » Stephen III of Moldavia defeats Matthias Corvinus of Hungary, with the latter being injured thrice, at the Battle of Baia.
January 26 » Vicente Yáñez Pinzón becomes the first European to set foot on Brazil.
February 17 » Duke Friedrich and Duke Johann attempt to subdue the peasantry of Dithmarschen, Denmark, in the Battle of Hemmingstedt.
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.
November 11 » Treaty of Granada: Louis XII of France and Ferdinand II of Aragon agree to divide the Kingdom of Naples between them.
May 26 » Geneva expels John Calvin and his followers from the city. Calvin lives in exile in Strasbourg for the next three years.
July 25 » The city of Guayaquil is founded by the Spanish Conquistador Francisco de Orellana and given the name Muy Noble y Muy Leal Ciudad de Santiago de Guayaquil.
August 6 » Bogotá, Colombia, is founded by Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada.
September 28 » Ottoman–Venetian War: The Ottoman Navy scores a decisive victory over a Holy League fleet in the Battle of Preveza.
October 28 » The Universidad Santo Tomás de Aquino is founded in what is now the Dominican Republic.
December 17 » Pope Paul III excommunicates Henry VIII of England.
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