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 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.
December 24 » A joint Venetian–Spanish fleet captures the Castle of St. George on the island of Cephalonia.
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