1496

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Centuries:	14th century · 15th century · 16th century
Decades:	1460s 1470s 1480s 1490s 1500s 1510s 1520s
Years:	1493 1494 1495 1496 1497 1498 1499

1496 by topic
Arts and science
Architecture - Art
Politics
State leaders - Sovereign states
Birth and death categories
Births - Deaths
Establishments and disestablishments categories
Establishments - Disestablishments v • d • e

1496 in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	1496 MCDXCVI
Ab urbe condita	2249
Armenian calendar	945 ԹՎ ՋԽԵ
Bahá'í calendar	-348 – -347
Buddhist calendar	2040
Chinese calendar	4132/4192-12-16 (乙卯年十二月十六日) — to — 4133/4193-11-27 (丙辰年十一月廿七日)
Ethiopian calendar	1488 – 1489
Hebrew calendar	5256 – 5257
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	1551 – 1552
- Shaka Samvat	1418 – 1419
- Kali Yuga	4597 – 4598
Holocene calendar	11496
Iranian calendar	874 – 875
Islamic calendar	901 – 902
Japanese calendar	Meiō 5 (明応5年)
- Imperial Year	Kōki 2156 (皇紀2156年)
- Jōmon Era	11496
Julian calendar	1541
Korean calendar	3829
Thai solar calendar	2039
v • d • e

1496 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar.

[edit] Events

• January 3 - Leonardo da Vinci unsuccessfully tests a flying machine.
• March 5 - England King Henry VII issued letters patern to John Cabot and his sons, authorizing them to discover unknown lands.
• March 10 - Christopher Columbus leaves Hispaniola for Spain, ending his second visit to the Western Hemisphere.
• July - Spanish forces under Gonzalo Hernandez de Cordoba capture Atella after a siege. Among the prisoners is the French viceroy of Naples, the Comte de Montpensier. Ferrante II is restored to the throne of Naples.
• Jesus College (University of Cambridge) founded.
• Henry VII of England signs the commercial treaty the Magnus Intercursus with Venice, Florence, and the villes of the Hanse and Pays-Bas.

[edit] Births

• March 28 - Mary Tudor, queen of Louis XII of France (died 1533)
• May 12 - King Gustav I of Sweden (died 1560)
• October 20 - Claude, Duke of Guise, French soldier (died 1550)
• date unknown
  • François Bonivard, Swiss patriot and historian (died 1570)
  • Richard Maitland, Scottish poet (died 1586)
  • Clément Marot, French poet (died 1544)
  • Menno Simons, Dutch Anabaptist leader (died 1561)
• probable
  • Edward Foxe, English churchman (died 1538)
  • Anthony St Leger, Lord Deputy of Ireland (died 1559)
  • Henry Somerset, 2nd Earl of Worcester (died 1549)

[edit] Deaths

• January 1 - Charles, Count of Angoulême (born 1459)
• February 24 - Eberhard I, Duke of Württemberg (born 1445)
• March 4 - Archduke Sigismund of Austria (born 1427)
• September 7 - King Ferdinand II of Naples (born 1469)
• September 25 - Piero Capponi, Italian soldier and statesman (born 1447)
• date unknown
  • Infanta Isabel of Portugal, queen of Castile and Leon (born 1428)
  • Piero Pollaiuolo, Italian painter (born 1443)
  • Qaitbay, sultan of Egypt
  • Miura Tokitaka, warlord