1496

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1496 by topic
Arts and science
Architecture - Art
Politics
State leaders - Sovereign states
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Births - Deaths
Establishments and disestablishments categories
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1496 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar.

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 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.
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.

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)
probable
- Edward Foxe, English churchman (died 1538)
- Anthony St Leger, Lord Deputy of Ireland (died 1559)
- Henry Somerset, 2nd Earl of Worcester (died 1549)

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