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Centuries:  14th century - 15th century - 16th century

Decades:  1440s 1450s 1460s 1470s 1480s - 1490s - 1500s 1510s 1520s 1530s 1540s

Years: 1491 1492 1493 1494 1495 - 1496 - 1497 1498 1499 1500 1501

Events
January 3 - Leonardo da Vinci unsuccessfully tests a flying machine
 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.

Births
May 12 - Gustav Vasa, later King Gustav I of Sweden

Deaths
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