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Centuries: 14th century - 15th century - 16th century Decades: 1450s 1460s 1470s 1480s 1490s - 1500s - 1510s 1520s 1530s 1540s 1550s Years: 1495 1496 1497 1498 1499 - 1500 - 1501 1502 1503 1504 1505 Events January 5 - Duke Ludovico Sforza recaptures Milan, but is soon driven out again by the French January 26 - Vicente Yáńez Pinzón[?] become the first European to discover Brazil. April 22 - Portuguese navigator Pedro Alvares Cabral becomes the first European to sight Brazil. November 11 - Treaty of Granada[?] - Louis XII of France and Ferdinand II of Aragon agree to divide the Kingdom of Naples between them. Pedro Alvares Cabral claims Brazil for Portugal Emperor Go-Kashiwabara ascends to the throne of Japan Battle of Hemmingstedt: The Danish army fails to conquer the peasants' republic of Dithmarschen Second Battle of Lepanto[?] - The Turkish fleet of Kemal Re'is defeats the Venetians. The Turks proceed to capture Modon, Lepanto, and Koron. Births February 24 - Charles V of Hapsburg born in Ghent Deaths Emperor Go-Tsuchimikado of Japan
Centuries: 14th century - 15th century - 16th century
Decades: 1450s 1460s 1470s 1480s 1490s - 1500s - 1510s 1520s 1530s 1540s 1550s
Years: 1495 1496 1497 1498 1499 - 1500 - 1501 1502 1503 1504 1505
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