Editing 1496

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{{C15 year in topic}}Year '''1496''' ('''[[Roman numerals|MCDXCVI]]''') was a [[leap year starting on Friday]] of the [[Julian calendar]].

== Events ==
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=== January&ndash;December ===
* [[February]] &ndash; [[Pietro Bembo]]'s ''Petri Bembi de Aetna Angelum Chalabrilem liber'', a description of a journey to [[Mount Etna]], is published in [[Venice]] by [[Aldus Manutius]], the first book printed in the [[old-style serif]] or [[Humanist (typography)|humanist]] [[typeface]] cut by [[Francesco Griffo]] (known from the 20th century as [[Bembo]]) and with early adoption of the [[semicolon]] (dated 1495 according to the ''[[more veneto]]'').
* [[February 24]] &ndash; King [[Henry VII of England]] signs the commercial treaty ''[[Intercursus Magnus]]'' with [[Venice]], [[Florence]], and the cities of the [[Hanseatic League]] and the Netherlands.<ref name=CBH>{{cite book|last=Palmer|first=Alan|last2=Palmer |first2=Veronica|year=1992|title=The Chronology of British History|publisher=Century Ltd|location=London|pages=135–138|isbn=0-7126-5616-2}}</ref>
* [[March 5]] &ndash; Henry VII of England issues letters patent to Italian-born adventurer [[John Cabot]] and his sons, authorizing them to discover unknown lands.<ref name="CC1496">{{cite book|last=Williams|first=Hywel|title=Cassell's Chronology of World History|url=https://archive.org/details/cassellschronolo0000will/page/189|url-access=registration|location=London|publisher=Weidenfeld & Nicolson|year=2005|isbn=0-304-35730-8|pages=[https://archive.org/details/cassellschronolo0000will/page/189 189–192]}}</ref>
* [[March 10]] &ndash; [[Christopher Columbus]] leaves [[Hispaniola]] for Spain, ending his second visit to the [[Western Hemisphere]]. During his time here he has forcibly subjugated the island, enslaved the [[Taíno]], and laid the basis for a system of land grants tied to the Taíno's enslavement.
* [[June 12]] &ndash; [[Jesus College, Cambridge]], is founded.<ref name=CBH/>
* [[July]] &ndash; Spanish forces under [[Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba]] capture [[Atella, Basilicata|Atella]] after a siege. Among the prisoners is the French [[viceroy of Naples]], the Comte de Montpensier. [[Ferdinand II of Naples]] is restored to his throne.
* [[August 5]] &ndash; [[Bartholomew Columbus]], brother of [[Christopher Columbus]], formally founds the city of [[Santo Domingo]] (first settled in [[March]]) on [[Hispaniola]] (in the modern-day [[Dominican Republic]]), making it the oldest permanent European settlement in the [[New World]].
* [[September 21]]&ndash;[[September 25|25]] &ndash; [[James IV of Scotland]] invades [[Northumberland]], in support of the pretender to the [[English throne]], [[Perkin Warbeck]].<ref name="CC1496"/>
* [[October 20]] &ndash; [[Joanna of Castile]], second daughter of [[Ferdinand II of Aragon]] and [[Isabella I of Castile]], heiress to [[Crown of Castile|Castile]], marries the [[archduke]] [[Philip I of Castile|Philip]], heir through his mother to the [[Burgundian Netherlands]], and through his father to the [[Holy Roman Empire]].
* [[December 5]] &ndash; King [[Manuel I of Portugal]] issues a decree ordering the expulsion of "heretics" from the country.
* Date unknown &ndash; Jan de Groote, a Dutchman, obtains a grant for the north ferry from the mainland of Scotland to [[Orkney]], from King [[James IV of Scotland]].</onlyinclude>

== Births ==
* [[March 18]] &ndash; [[Mary Tudor, Queen of France|Mary Tudor]], Queen of [[Louis XII of France]], daughter of [[Henry VII of England]] (d. [[1533]])
* [[May 12]] &ndash; King [[Gustav I of Sweden]] (d. [[1560]])
* [[July 10]] &ndash; [[Johann Forster]], German theologian (d. [[1558]])
* [[August 28]] &ndash; [[Konrad Heresbach]], German Calvinist (d. [[1576]])
* [[September 27]] &ndash; [[Hieronymus Łaski]], Polish diplomat (d. [[1542]])
* [[October 20]] &ndash; [[Claude, Duke of Guise]], French aristocrat and general (d. [[1550]])
* [[November 23]] &ndash; [[Clément Marot]], French poet of the Renaissance period (d. [[1544]])
* [[December 20]] &ndash; [[Joseph ha-Kohen]], Spanish-born French Jewish historian and physician (d. [[1575]])
* [[December 21]] &ndash; [[Elisabeth Corvinus]], Hungarian princess (d. [[1508]])
* ''date unknown''
** [[Lazare de Baïf]], French diplomat and author (d. [[1547]])
** [[João de Barros]], Portuguese historian (d. [[1570]])
** [[Cuauhtémoc]], 11th ''[[Tlatoani]]'' (emperor) of [[Tenochtitlan]] (modern Mexico City), 1520–1521, (d. [[1521]])<ref>{{cite web |title=Cuauhtémoc|url=https://www.biografiasyvidas.com/biografia/c/cuauhtemoc.htm|publisher=Biografias y Vidas|access-date=June 1, 2019|language=es}}</ref>
** [[Dirck Jacobsz.]], Dutch painter (d. [[1567]])
** [[Richard Maitland]], Scottish poet (d. [[1586]])
** [[Louise de Montmorency]], French noblewoman (d. [[1547]])
** [[Martín Ocelotl]], Mexican priest (d. c. [[1537]])
** [[William Roper (biographer)|William Roper]], son-in-law and biographer of [[Thomas More]] (d. [[1578]])
** [[Giovanni Battista da Sangallo]], Italian architect (d. [[1548]])
** [[Menno Simons]], Dutch Anabaptist leader (d. [[1561]])
** [[Agostino Steuco]], Italian humanist scholar (d. [[1548]])
** [[Johann Walter]], Lutheran composer and poet (d. [[1570]])
* ''probable'' &ndash; [[Henry Somerset, 2nd Earl of Worcester]] (d. [[1549]])
** [[María Pacheco]], Spanish heroine and defender of Toledo (d. [[1531]])

== Deaths ==
* [[January 1]] &ndash; [[Charles, Count of Angoulême]] (b. [[1459]])
* [[February 24]] &ndash; [[Eberhard I, Duke of Württemberg]] (b. [[1445]])
* [[March 4]] &ndash; [[Sigismund, Archduke of Austria]] (b. [[1427]])
* [[March 12]] &ndash; [[Johann Heynlin]], German humanist scholar (b. c. [[1425]])
* [[April 16]] &ndash; [[Charles II, Duke of Savoy]] (b. [[1489]])
* [[April 29]] &ndash; [[Fernando de Almada, 2nd Count of Avranches]] (b. c. [[1430]])
* [[August 15]] &ndash; [[Isabella of Portugal, Queen of Castile|Infanta Isabella of Portugal]], Queen of Castile and León (b. [[1428]])
* [[August 28]] &ndash; [[Kanutus Johannis]], Swedish Franciscan friar, writer and book collector
* [[September 7]] &ndash; King [[Ferdinand II of Naples]] (b. [[1469]])
* [[September 15]] &ndash; [[Hugh Clopton]], Lord Mayor of London (b. c. [[1440]])
* [[September 25]] &ndash; [[Piero Capponi]], Italian soldier and statesman (b. [[1447]])
* [[September 28]] &ndash; [[Boček IV of Poděbrady]], Bohemian nobleman, eldest son of King George of Podebrady (b. [[1442]])
* [[October 15]] &ndash; [[Gilbert, Count of Montpensier]] (b. [[1443]])
* [[November 1]] &ndash; [[Filippo Buonaccorsi|Filippo Buonaccorsi (Filip Callimachus)]], Italian humanist writer (b. [[1437]])
* ''date unknown''
** [[Richard Bell (bishop)|Richard Bell]], Bishop of Carlisle
** [[Alexander Inglis]], Scottish clergyman
** [[Pietro di Francesco degli Orioli]], Italian sculptor (b. c. [[1458]])
** [[Piero del Pollaiuolo]], Italian painter (b. [[1443]])
** [[Qaitbay]], sultan of Egypt
** [[Ercole de' Roberti]], Italian artist (b. c. [[1451]])
* ''probable'' &ndash; [[Jan IV of Oświęcim]], duke of Oświęcim

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