1496
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[edit] Events
- January 3 - Leonardo da Vinci unsuccessfully tests a flying machine.
- 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.
[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)
- François Bonivard, Swiss historian (died 1570)
- Edward Fox, English churchman (died 1538)
- Richard Maitland, Scottish poet (died 1586)
- Clément Marot, French poet (died 1544)
- Anthony St Leger, Lord Deputy of Ireland (died 1559)
- Menno Simons, Dutch religious leader (died 1561)
- Henry Somerset, 2nd Earl of Worcester (died 1549)
[edit] Deaths
- 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)
- Piero del Pollaiuolo, Italian painter (born 1443)