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1500

Battle of Hemmingstedt: The Danish army fails to conquer the peasants' republic of Dithmarschen.

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1499

London, England

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.

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1498

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

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1497

7 February - followers of Girolamo Savonarola burn thousands of "immoral" objects at the Bonfire of the Vanities in Florence on Shrove Tuesday.

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1496

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.

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1495

February 22 - King Charles VIII of France enters Naples to claim the city's throne.

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1494

Natives of the island of Tenerife, known as Guanches, defeat invading Spanish forces at the First Battle of Acentejo.

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1493

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January 4 - Christopher Columbus leaves the New World.
March 15 - Christopher Columbus returns to Spain after his first trip to the Americas.

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1492

Boabdil, the last Moorish King of Granada, surrenders his city to the army of Ferdinand and Isabella after a lengthy siege.

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1490

Milano, Italy

Leodardo de Vinci observes capillary action [ (also known as capillary motion) is the ability of a narrow tube to draw a liquid upwards against the force of gravity. It occurs when the adhesive intermolecular forces between the liquid and a solid are stronger than the cohesive intermolecular forces within the liquid.] SO NOW YOU KNOW.