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Decades
:
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1480s
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1490s
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1510s
1520s
Centuries
:
14th century
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15th century
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16th century
Events
January 4
-
Christopher Columbus
leaves the
New World
, ending his first journey.
March 15
-
Christopher Columbus
returns to
Spain
after his first trip to the
Americas
.
July 28
- Great fire in
Moscow
November 19
-
Christopher Columbus
becomes the first
European
to go ashore on an island he only saw for the first time the day before. He names it San Juan Bautista (later renamed
Puerto Rico
).
Births
October 14
-
Shimazu Tadayoshi
, Japanese daimyo
Bartolommeo Bandinelli
Paracelsus
Deaths
June 14
,
Ermolao Barbaro
August 19
-
Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor
Constantine Lascaris
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