Important Historical Events of the year 1499, Year 1499 in History
List of 1499 Major News Events in History, Most Important Historical Events in 1499
What happened in the year 1499?
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| January 8, 1499 | Louis XII of France marries Anne of Brittany in accordance with a law set by his predecessor, Charles VIII. |
| May 18, 1499 | Alonso de Ojeda sets sail from Cádiz on his voyage to what is now Venezuela. |
| May 19, 1499 | Catherine of Aragon is married by proxy to Arthur, Prince of Wales. Catherine is 13 and Arthur is 12. |
| June 27, 1499 | Americo Vespucci, on Spanish financed trip, sights coast south of Cape Cassipore. |
| July 10, 1499 | The Portuguese explorer Nicolau Coelho returns to Lisbon after discovering the sea route to India as a companion of Vasco da Gama. |
| July 22, 1499 | Battle of Dornach: The Swiss decisively defeat the army of Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor. |
| August 12, 1499 | First engagement of the Battle of Zonchio between Venetian and Ottoman fleets. |
| September 9, 1499 | The citizens of Lisbon celebrate the triumphal return of the explorer Vasco de Gama, completing his two-year journey around the Cape of Good Hope to India. |
| September 22, 1499 | The Treaty of Basel concludes the Swabian War. |
| November 5, 1499 | The Catholicon, written in 1464 by Jehan Lagadeuc in Tréguier, is published; this is the first Breton dictionary as well as the first French dictionary. |
| November 23, 1499 | 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. |
| December 18, 1499 | A rebellion breaks out in Alpujarras in response to the forced conversions of Muslims in Spain. |