1499 1499 was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar .Events January–December January 8 - Louis XII of France marries Anne of Brittany , in accordance with a law set by his predecessor, Charles VIII . May 19 - 13-year-old Catherine of Aragon , the future first wife of Henry VIII of England , is married by proxy to his brother, 12-year-old Arthur, Prince of Wales . July 22 - Battle of Dornach: The Swiss decisively defeat the army of Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor . July 28 - First Battle of Lepanto: The Turkish navy wins a decisive victory over the Venetians. August - Polydore Vergil completes De inventoribus rerum , the first modern history of inventions. August 24 - Lake Maracaibo is discovered, by Alonso de Ojeda and Amerigo Vespucci . September 18 - Vasco da Gama arrives at Lisbon , returning from India, and is received by King Manuel of Portugal . September 22 - Treaty of Basel: Maximilian is forced to grant the Swiss de facto independence. October 25 - The Pont Notre-Dame in Paris, constructed under Charles VI of France , collapses into the Seine . November 5 - The Catholicon is published in Tréguier . This Breton–French–Latin dictionary had been written in 1464 by Jehan Lagadeuc. It is the first dictionary of either French or Breton . November 23 - Perkin Warbeck , pretender to the throne of England, is hanged for reportedly attempting to escape from the Tower of London . November 28 - Edward Plantagenet, 17th Earl of Warwick , last male member of the House of York, is executed for reportedly attempting to escape from the Tower of London. December 18 - The Rebellion of the Alpujarras begins in the Kingdom of Granada .Date unknown The French under Louis XII seize Milan , driving out Duke Ludovico Sforza ; Leonardo da Vinci flees to Venice . Montenegro , the last free monarchy in the Balkans , is annexed by the Ottoman Empire , as part of the sanjak of Shkodër . Johannes Trithemius inadvertently reveals interests in magic, by writing a letter to a Carmelite monk about a treatise he is writing on steganography . Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa matriculates at Cologne University . Giggleswick School is founded by Reverend James Carr, in England.Births January 15 - Samuel Maciejowski , Polish bishop January 20 - Sebastian Franck , German humanist January 29 - Katharina von Bora , German nun, wife of Martin Luther February 10 - Thomas Platter , Swiss humanist scholar and writer March 22 - Johann Carion , German astrologer and chronicler March 31 - Pope Pius IV May 14 - Agostino Gallo , Italian agronomist June 24 - Johannes Brenz , German theologian and Protestant Reformer of the Duchy of Württemberg July 17 - Maria Salviati , Italian noble and mother of Cosimo I de Medici August 14 - John de Vere, 14th Earl of Oxford , English noble September 3 - Diane de Poitiers , French duchess, mistress of Henry II of France October 13 - Claude of France , queen consort of France, daughter of Louis XII of France October 14 - Catherine of the Palatinate , Abbess of Neuburg am Neckar October 31 - Günther XL, Count of Schwarzburg November 1 - Rodrigo of Aragon , Italian noble December 8 - Sebald Heyden , German musicologist and theologian December 13 - Justus Menius , German Lutheran pastor date unknown * Hans Asper , Swiss painter * Michael Coxcie , Flemish painter * Cesare Hercolani , Italian military leader * Jan Łaski , Polish Protestant reformer * Laurentius Petri , Archbishop of Uppsala * Giulio Romano , Italian painter * Bernardino de Sahagún , Franciscan missionary * Niccolò Fontana Tartaglia , Italian mathematician * Ming , Icelandic clam probable - Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo , Portuguese explorerDeaths January 9 - John Cicero, Elector of Brandenburg March 24 - Edward Stafford, 2nd Earl of Wiltshire , English nobleman April 7 - Galeotto I Pico , Duke of Mirandola August 29 - Alesso Baldovinetti , Florentine painter October 1 - Marsilio Ficino , Italian philosopher November 23 - Perkin Warbeck, Flemish imposter November 28 - Edward Plantagenet, 17th Earl of Warwick , last male member of the English House of York date unknown * Rennyo , leader of the Ikko sect of Buddhism * Muhammad Rumfa , ruler of Kano * Laura Cereta , Italian humanist and feminist
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