January 26 » Vicente Yáñez Pinzón becomes the first European to set foot on Brazil.
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.
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.
December 24 » A joint Venetian–Spanish fleet captures the Castle of St. George on the island of Cephalonia.
April 1 » Potosí, Bolivia, is founded after the discovery of huge silver deposits in the area.
July 19 » The Tudor warship Mary Rose sinks off Portsmouth; in 1982 the wreck is salvaged in one of the most complex and expensive projects in the history of maritime archaeology.
July 21 » The first landing of French troops on the coast of the Isle of Wight during the French invasion of the Isle of Wight.
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