Information about 1496
| Centuries: | 14th century - 15th century - 16th century |
| Decades: | 1460s 1470s 1480s - 1490s - 1500s 1510s 1520s |
| Years: | 1493 1494 1495 - 1496 - 1497 1498 1499 |
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Events of 1496
- 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 - Santo Domingo is discovered.
- 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.
Undated
- 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.
| Gregorian calendar | 1496 MCDXCVI |
| Ab urbe condita | 2249 |
| Armenian calendar | 945 ԹՎ ՋԽԵ |
| Bah' calendar | -348 – -347 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2040 |
| Chinese calendar | 4132/4192-8-14 (乙卯年八月十四日) — to — 4133/4193-6-23(丙辰年六月廿三日) |
| Coptic calendar | 1212 – 1213 |
| 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 0 (明応0年) |
| - Imperial Year | Kōki 2156 (皇紀2156年) |
| Julian calendar | 1541 |
| Korean calendar | 3829 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2039 |
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)
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- Edward Foxe, English churchman (died 1538)
- Anthony St Leger, Lord Deputy of Ireland (died 1559)
- Henry Somerset, 2nd Earl of Worcester (died 1549)
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
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- 1402: Ottoman and Timurid Empires fight at the Battle of Ankara resulting in Timur's capture of Bayezid I.
- 1402: The conquest of the Canary Islands signals the beginning of the Spanish Empire.
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- 1500s: Mississippian culture disappears.
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January 3 is the 1st day of the year (2nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 0 days remaining.
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Events
- 1431 - Joan of Arc is handed over to the Bishop Pierre Cauchon.
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Leonardo da Vinci
Self-portrait in red chalk, circa 1512 to 1515. [a]
Birth name Leonardo di Ser Piero
March 15 1452
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Self-portrait in red chalk, circa 1512 to 1515. [a]
Birth name Leonardo di Ser Piero
March 15 1452
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''This article is about the day. For the 1993 novel, see The Fifth of March March 5 is the 1st day of the year (2nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 0 days remaining.
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Motto
Dieu et mon droit (French)
"God and my right"
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No official anthem specific to England — the anthem of the United Kingdom is "God Save the Queen".
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Dieu et mon droit (French)
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