March 2 » Vasco da Gama's fleet visits the Island of Mozambique.
May 20 » Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama discovers the sea route to India when he arrives at Kozhikode (previously known as Calicut), India.
July 31 » On his third voyage to the Western Hemisphere, Christopher Columbus becomes the first European to discover the island of Trinidad.
August 1 » Christopher Columbus becomes the first European to visit what is now Venezuela.
August 17 » Cesare Borgia, son of Pope Alexander VI, becomes the first person in history to resign the cardinalate; later that same day, King Louis XII of France names him Duke of Valentinois.
August 29 » Vasco da Gama decides to depart Calicut and return to Kingdom of Portugal.
April 11 » War of the League of Cambrai: French forces led by Gaston de Foix win the Battle of Ravenna.
August 10 » The naval Battle of Saint-Mathieu, during the War of the League of Cambrai, sees the simultaneous destruction of the Breton ship La Cordelière and the English ship The Regent.
October 19 » Martin Luther becomes a doctor of theology.
October 21 » Martin Luther joins the theological faculty of the University of Wittenberg.
November 1 » The ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, painted by Michelangelo, is exhibited to the public for the first time.
December 27 » The Spanish Crown issues the Laws of Burgos, governing the conduct of settlers with regard to native Indians in the New World.
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