Historical Events in 1500

Milan Reconquered

Jan 5 Duke Ludovico Sforza's troops reconquer Milan

Jan 26 Vicente Yáñez Pinzón becomes the first European to set foot in Brazil
Feb 17 Battle of Hemmingstedt - German peasant army repels ducal army of Schleswig and Holstein

Cabral Departs Lisbon

Mar 9 Pedro Álvares Cabral departs Lisbon, Portugal at the head of a 13 ship expedition to India that will also claim Brazil for Portugal

Apr 8 Battle of Novara: King Louis XII of France defeats Duke Ludovico Sforza of Milan
Apr 10 France captures Duke Ludovico Sforza of Milan

Cabral Claims Brazil for Portugal

Apr 22 Pedro Álvares Cabral is the first European to discover Brazil, landing near Monte Pascoal, claims it for Portugal

Pedro Álvares Cabral sees the land that would later be known as Brazil for the first time

Jun 25 Pope Alexander VI accept Treaty of Granada
Jul 15 Albert III, Duke of Saxony defeats the Friesian rebellion
Jul 15 Baglione family massacre at the "Blood Wedding" of Astorre Baglione and Lavinia Colonna in Perugia
Aug 10 Portuguese sea captain Diego Diaz is first European to sight Madagascar

De Bobadilla Arrives in Hispaniola

Aug 23 Governor Francisco de Bobadilla arrives in the Indies, soon after arrests and sends former Governor Christopher Columbus back to Spain in chains