Historic Expedition
Mar 2 Vasco da Gama's fleet visits Mozambique Island
- Apr 7 Crowd storms Savonarola's convent San Marco Florence, Italy
- May 20 Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama arrives at Calicut, India becoming the first European to reach India by sea
Event of Interest
May 30 Christopher Columbus departs with 6 ships for 3rd trip to America
- Jun 21 Jews are expelled from Nurenberg Bavaria by Emperor Maximillian
- Jun 26 Toothbrush invented in China using boar bristles
- Jul 7 Emperor Maximilian I establishes choir of Imperial Chapel
- Jul 20 Emperor Maximilian names Albrecht governor of Netherlands
- Jul 31 Christopher Columbus discovers the island of Trinidad on his third voyage
- Aug 1 Christopher Columbus lands on "Isla Santa" (Venezuela)
- Aug 14 Christopher Columbus landed at the mouth of the Orinoco River in what is now Venezuela
Event of Interest
Aug 26 Michelangelo is commissioned to carve the Pietà sculpture by French Cardinal Jean de Bilhères
