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Year 1499 (MCDXCIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

Events of 1499

• January 8 – Louis XII of France marries Anne of Brittany, due to a law set by his predecessor, Charles VIII.
• 14 April – With the Treaty of Krakow, Poland and Hungary recognize the independence of Moldavia.
• July 22 – Battle of Dornach: The Swiss decisively defeat the Imperial army of Emperor Maximilian I.
• July 28 – First Battle of Lepanto: The Turkish navy wins a decisive victory over the Venetians.
• August 24 – Lake Maracaibo is discovered.
• September 18 – Vasco da Gama arrives at Lisbon, returning from India, and he is received by King Manuel of Portugal.
• September 22 – Treaty of Basel: Maximilian is forced to grant the Swiss de facto independence.
• 5 November – The Catholicon is published in Treguier (Brittany). This Breton-French-Latin dictionary had been written in 1464 by Jehan Lagadeuc. It's the first Breton dictionary, as well as the first French dictionary in world history.
• November 23 – Pretender to the throne Perkin Warbeck is hanged for reportedly attempting to escape from the Tower of London. In 1497 he invaded England, claiming to be the lost son of King Edward IV of England.
• November 28 – Edward, Earl of Warwick is executed for reportedly attempting to escape from the Tower of London. He was the last male member of the House of York.

Undated

• The French under Louis XII seize Milan, driving out Duke Ludovico Sforza.
• Montenegro, the last free monarchy in the Balkans, falls to Ottoman rule.

Births

• January 29 – Katharina von Bora, wife of Martin Luther
• February 10 – Thomas Platter, Swiss humanist (d. 1582)
• March 31 – Pope Pius IV (d. 1565)
• September 3 – Diane de Poitiers, mistress of Henry II of France (d. 1566)
• October 14 – Claude of France, queen of Louis XII of France (d. 1524)
• 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)
  • Niccolo Fontana Tartaglia, Italian mathematician (d. 1557)
• probable
  • Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo, Portuguese explorer (d. 1543)

Deaths

• January 9 – John Cicero, Elector of Brandenburg (b. 1455)
• August 29 – Alessio 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, Earl of Warwick, last male member of the English House of York (b. 1475)
• date unknown
  • John Cabot, Italian explorer (b. c. 1450)
  • Rennyo, leader of the Ikko sect of Buddhism (b. 1415)
  • Muhammad Rimfa, ruler of Kano

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