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1484

In this year:

March 26 – William Caxton, the first printer of books in English, prints his translation of Aesop's Fables.

July 22 – Battle of Lochmaben Fair: A 500-man raiding party led by Alexander Stewart, Duke of Albany and James Douglas, 9th Earl of Douglas is defeated by forces loyal to Albany's brother James III of Scotland; Douglas is captured.

December 5 – Pope Innocent VIII gives the inquisition a mission to hunt heretics and witches in Germany, led by Heinrich Kramer and Jacob Sprenger. <-- see? Americans didn't start the witch trials first.

The King of Portugal appoints a commission of mathematicians to perfect tables to help seamen find their latitude.
 
1490

In the year 1490 A.D.

January 4 : Anna of Brittany announces that all those who would ally with the king of France will be considered as guilty of the crime of lese-majesty. <-- what a witch!
December 19 – Anne of Brittany is married to Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor by proxy. <-- busy girl!

Leonardo da Vinci observes capillary action in small-bore tubes.
Leonardo da Vinci develops an oil lamp: the flame is enclosed in a glass tube placed inside a water-filled glass globe.

Merchants carry coffee from Yemen to Mecca, Arabia! COFFEE is discovered! HURRAY :D
 
1492! One of the most famous years in history! However, MUCH HAPPENED to Mr. Christopher Columbus besides Oct 12th, 1492.

For example:

January 2 – Christopher Columbus is in Alhambra, and sees the Moorish king come out of the city gates and kiss the hands of the Spanish king, queen and prince.

October 28 – Christopher Columbus lands in Cuba.

December 5 – Christopher Columbus becomes the first known European to set foot on the island of Hispaniola.
 
1498

This year in History:

The final Welsh revolt of the medieval era breaks out in Meirionydd, North Wales; Harlech Castle is captured by the rebels before the revolt in suppressed.

July 31 – On his third voyage to the Western Hemisphere, Christopher Columbus becomes the first European to discover the island of Trinidad.

August 5 – Bartholomew Columbus, brother of Christopher Columbus, founds the city of Santo Domingo, now part of the Dominican Republic, making it the oldest European City and permanent settlement in the New World.

^ I didn't know Chris had a brother!

Christopher Columbus lands on the South American continent this very same year as well.
 
1499, This year in History:

January 8. Louis XII of France after papal divorce marries Anne, Duchess of Brittany to keep duchy for the crown

February 9. France and Venice sign treaty against Milan

July 26. Alonso dhe Ojeda discovers Curacao Island

August 25. Battle at Sapienza: Turkish fleet beats Venetians

October 6. French king Louis XII occupies Milan
 
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