Historical Events In 1499
Thursday, 29 January 2026
Jan 08 Louis XII of France after papal divorce marries Anne, Duchess of Brittany to keep duchy for the crown. 


Jan 08 Louis XII of France after papal divorce marries Anne, Duchess of Brittany to keep the duchy for the crown. 


Jan 09 Johan Cicero, elector of (Brandenburg, 1486-99), dies at 43 


Feb 09 France and Venice sign treaty against Milan. 


Mar 31 Pius IV, [Gianangelo de' Medici], Italian lawyer/pope (1559-65). 


Apr 29 John IV, Dutch army leader/earl of Egmond, dies. 


Jun 24 Johannes Brenz, German theologist (Dutch Brentians) 


Jul 22 Neithart Fox, [Jonker Fox], German passage leader, slain in battle 


Jul 26 Alonso dhe Ojeda discovers Curacao Island. 


Aug 12 inaugural engagement of the Battle of Zonchio between Venetian and Ottoman fleets. 


Aug 25 Battle at Sapienza: Turkish fleet beats Venetians 


Sep 22 Switzerland became an independent state. 


Oct 06 French king Louis XII occupies Milan 


Nov 05 Publication of the Catholicon in Treguier (Brittany). This Breton-French-Latin dictionary was written in 1464 by Jehan Lagadeuc. It is the inaugural Breton dictionary as well as the inaugural French dictionary. 


Nov 23 Perkin Warbeck, Flemish sailor, hanged 


Nov 23 Pretender to the throne Perkin Warbeck is hanged for reportedly attempting to escape from the Tower of London. He had invaded England in 1497, claiming to be the lost son of King Edward IV of England 


Nov 28 Edward Plantagenet, 18th Count of Warwick, beheaded 


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