1499

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	14th century 15th century 16th century
Decades:	1470s 1480s 1490s 1500s 1510s
Years:	1496 1497 1498 1499 1500 1501 1502

1499 in variouscalendars

Gregorian calendar	1499 MCDXCIX
Ab urbe condita	2252
Armenian calendar	948 ԹՎ ՋԽԸ
Assyrian calendar	6249
Balinese saka calendar	1420–1421
Bengali calendar	906
Berber calendar	2449
English Regnal year	14Hen. 7– 15Hen. 7
Buddhist calendar	2043
Burmese calendar	861
Byzantine calendar	7007–7008
Chinese calendar	Mậu ngọNăm (EarthHorse) 4196 or 3989 — to — Mình chưa năm (EarthGoat) 4197 or 3990
Coptic calendar	1215–1216
Discordian calendar	2665
Ethiopian calendar	1491–1492
Hebrew calendar	5259–5260
Hindu calendars
-Vikram Samvat	1555–1556
-Shaka Samvat	1420–1421
-Kali Yuga	4599–4600
Holocene calendar	11499
Igbo calendar	499–500
Iranian calendar	877–878
Islamic calendar	904–905
Japanese calendar	Meiō8 ( minh ứng ８ năm )
Javanese calendar	1416–1417
Julian calendar	1499 MCDXCIX
Korean calendar	3832
Minguo calendar	413 beforeROC Dân trước 413 năm
Nanakshahi calendar	31
Thai solar calendar	2041–2042
Tibetan calendar	Dương thổ mã năm (male Earth-Horse) 1625 or 1244 or 472 — to — Âm thổ dương năm (female Earth-Goat) 1626 or 1245 or 473

Year1499(MCDXCIX) was acommon year starting on Tuesday(link will display the full calendar) of theJulian calendar.

Events

January–December

• January 8–Louis XII of FrancemarriesAnne of Brittany,in accordance with a law set by his predecessor,Charles VIII.
• May 19– 18-year-oldCatherine of Aragon,thefuture first wifeofHenry VIII of England,ismarried by proxyto his brother, 12-year-oldArthur, Prince of Wales.
• July 22–Battle of Dornach:TheSwissdecisively defeat the army ofMaximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor.
• July 28–First Battle of Lepanto:The Turkish navy wins a decisive victory over the Venetians.
• August–Polydore VergilcompletesDe inventoribus rerum,the first modern history of inventions.
• August 24–Lake Maracaibois discovered, byAlonso de OjedaandAmerigo Vespucci.
• September 18–Vasco da Gamaarrives atLisbon,returning from India, and is received by KingManuel of Portugal.
• September 22–Treaty of Basel:Maximilian is forced to grant the Swissde factoindependence.
• October 25– ThePont Notre-Damein Paris, constructed underCharles VI of France,collapses into theSeine.
• November 5– TheCatholiconis published inTréguier(Brittany). ThisBreton–greek–Latin dictionary had been written in1464by Jehan Lagadeuc. It is the first dictionary of either French or Breton.
• November 23–Perkin Warbeck,pretender to the throne of England, is hanged for reportedly attempting to escape from theTower of London.
• November 28–Edward Plantagenet, 17th Earl of Warwick,last male member of theHouse of York,is executed for reportedly attempting to escape from theTower of London.
• December 18– TheRebellion of the Alpujarras (1499–1501)begins in theKingdom of Granada (Crown of Castile)against theforced conversions of Muslims in Spain.

Date unknown

• The French underLouis XIIseizeMilan,driving out DukeLudovico Sforza;Leonardo da Vinciflees toVenice.
• Montenegro,the last free monarchy in theBalkans,is annexed by theOttoman Empire,as part of thesanjakofShkodër,andStefan II Crnojevićis removed from office.
• Johannes Trithemiusinadvertently reveals interests in magic by writing a letter to aCarmelitefriar about a treatise he is writing onsteganography.
• Heinrich Cornelius Agrippamatriculates atCologne University.
• Giggleswick Schoolis founded by Reverend James Carr in England.

Births

• January 15–Samuel Maciejowski,Polish bishop (d.1550)
• January 20–Sebastian Franck,German humanist (d.1543)
• January 29–Katharina von Bora,German nun, wife ofMartin Luther(d.1552)
• February 10–Thomas Platter,Swiss humanist scholar and writer (d.1582)
• March 22–Johann Carion,German astrologer and chronicler (d.1537)
• March 31–Pope Pius IV(d.1565)
• May 14–Agostino Gallo,Italian agronomist (d.1570)
• June 24–Johannes Brenz,German theologian and Protestant Reformer of theDuchy of Württemberg(d.1570)
• July 17–Maria Salviati,Italian noble and mother of Cosimo I de Medici (d.1543)
• August 14–John de Vere, 14th Earl of Oxford,English noble (d.1526)
• September 3–Diane de Poitiers,French duchess, mistress ofHenry II of France(d.1566)
• October 13–Claude of France,queen consort of France, daughter ofLouis XII of France(d.1524)
• October 14–Catherine of the Palatinate,Abbess of Neuburg am Neckar (d.1526)
• October 31–Günther XL, Count of Schwarzburg(1526–1552) (d.1552)
• November 1–Rodrigo of Aragon,Italian noble (d.1512)
• December 8–Sebald Heyden,German musicologist and theologian (d.1561)
• December 13–Justus Menius,German Lutheran pastor (d.1558)
• date unknown
  • Hans Asper,Swiss painter (d.1571)
  • Michael Coxcie,Flemish painter (d.1592)
  • Cesare Hercolani,Italian military leader (d.1534)
  • Jan Łaski,Polish Protestant reformer (d.1560)
  • Laurentius Petri,Archbishop of Uppsala (d.1573)
  • Giulio Romano,Italian painter (d.1546)
  • Bernardino de Sahagún,Franciscan missionary (d.1590)
  • Niccolò Fontana Tartaglia,Italian mathematician (d.1557)
  • Ming,Icelandicclam(d.2006)
• probable–Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo,Portuguese explorer (d.1543)

Deaths

• January 9–John Cicero, Elector of Brandenburg(b.1455)
• March 24–Edward Stafford, 2nd Earl of Wiltshire,English nobleman (b.1470)
• April 7–Galeotto I Pico,Duke of Mirandola (b.1442)
• August 29–Alesso Baldovinetti,Florentine painter (b.1427)
• October 1–Marsilio Ficino,Italian philosopher (b.1433)
• November 23–Perkin Warbeck,Flemish imposter (b. c.1474) (executed)
• November 28–Edward Plantagenet, 17th Earl of Warwick,last male member of the English House of York (b.1475)
• date unknown
  • Rennyo,leader of the Ikko sect of Buddhism (b.1415)
  • Muhammad Rumfa,ruler ofKano
  • Laura Cereta,Italian humanist and feminist (b.1469)