1499

All you want to know about 1499

Centuries:	14th century - 15th century - 16th century
Decades:	1460s 1470s 1480s - 1490s - 1500s 1510s 1520s
Years:	1496 1497 1498 - 1499 - 1500 1501 1502

1499 in topic:
Subjects: Archaeology - Architecture -
Art - Literature - Music - Science
Leaders: State leaders - Colonial governors
Category: Establishments - Disestablishments
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Year 1499 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

January 8 - Louis XII of France marries Anne of Brittany, due to a law set by his predecessor, Charles VIII.
July 22 - Battle of Dornach: The Swiss decisively defeat the Imperial army of Emperor Maximilian I.
July 28 - First Battle of Lepanto: The Turkish navy wins a decisive victory over the Venetians.
August 24 - Lake Maracaibo is discovered.
September 18 - Vasco da Gama arrives at Lisbon, returning from India, and he is received by King Manuel of Portugal.
September 22 - Treaty of Basel: Maximilian is forced to grant the Swiss de facto independence.
5 November - The Catholicon is published in Treguier (Brittany). This Breton-French-Latin dictionary had been written in 1464 by Jehan Lagadeuc. It's the first Breton dictionary, as well as the first French dictionary in world history.
November 23 - Pretender to the throne Perkin Warbeck is hanged for reportedly attempting to escape from the Tower of London. In 1497 he invaded England, claiming to be the lost son of King Edward IV of England.
November 28 - Edward, Earl of Warwick is executed for reportedly attempting to escape from the Tower of London. He was the last male member of the House of York.

**1499 in other calendars**
Gregorian calendar	1499 MCDXCIX
Ab urbe condita	2252
Armenian calendar	948 ԹՎ ՋԽԸ
Bahá'í calendar	-345 – -344
Berber calendar	2449
Buddhist calendar	2043
Burmese calendar	861
Byzantine calendar	7007 – 7008
Chinese calendar	戊午年閏十一月二十日 (4135/4195-intercalary 11-20) — to — 己未年十一月廿九日 (4136/4196-11-29)
Coptic calendar	1215 – 1216
Ethiopian calendar	1491 – 1492
Hebrew calendar	5259 – 5260
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	1554 – 1555
- Shaka Samvat	1421 – 1422
- Kali Yuga	4600 – 4601
Holocene calendar	11499
Iranian calendar	877 – 878
Islamic calendar	904 – 905
Japanese calendar	Meiō 8 (明応8年)
Korean calendar	3832
Thai solar calendar	2042
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January 9 - John Cicero, Elector of Brandenburg (b. 1455)
August 29 - Alessio Baldovinetti, Florentine painter (b. 1427)
October 1 - Marsilio Ficino, Italian philosopher (b. 1433)
November 23 - Perkin Warbeck, Flemish imposter (b. c. 1474) (executed)
November 28 - Edward, Earl of Warwick, last male member of the English House of York (b. 1475)
date unknown
- John Cabot, Italian explorer (b. c. 1450)
- Rennyo, leader of the Ikko sect of Buddhism (b. 1415)
- Muhammad Rimfa, ruler of Kano

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