1499

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	14th century 15th century 16th century
Decades:	1470s 1480s 1490s 1500s 1510s
Years:	1496 1497 1498 1499 1500 1501 1502

Template:C15YearInTopicX Year 1499 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 law set by his predecessor, Charles VIII
• 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 to 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 - Publication of the Catholicon in Treguier (Brittany). This Breton-French-Latin dicionary had been written in 1464 by Jehan Lagadeuc. It's the first Breton dicionary as well as the first French dicionary 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.

1499 in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	1499 MCDXCIX
Ab urbe condita	2252
Armenian calendar	948 ԹՎ ՋԽԸ
Assyrian calendar	6249
Balinese saka calendar	1420–1421
Bengali calendar	906
Berber calendar	2449
English Regnal year	14 Hen. 7 – 15 Hen. 7
Buddhist calendar	2043
Burmese calendar	861
Byzantine calendar	7007–7008
Chinese calendar	戊午年 (Earth Horse) 4196 or 3989     — to — 己未年 (Earth Goat) 4197 or 3990
Coptic calendar	1215–1216
Discordian calendar	2665
Ethiopian calendar	1491–1492
Hebrew calendar	5259–5260
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	1555–1556
- Shaka Samvat	1420–1421
- Kali Yuga	4599–4600
Holocene calendar	11499
Igbo calendar	499–500
Iranian calendar	877–878
Islamic calendar	904–905
Japanese calendar	Meiō 8 (明応８年)
Javanese calendar	1416–1417
Julian calendar	1499 MCDXCIX
Korean calendar	3832
Minguo calendar	413 before ROC 民前413年
Nanakshahi calendar	31
Thai solar calendar	2041–2042
Tibetan calendar	阳土马年 (male Earth-Horse) 1625 or 1244 or 472     — to — 阴土羊年 (female Earth-Goat) 1626 or 1245 or 473

Births

• January 29 - Katharina von Bora is born
• February 10 - Thomas Platter, Swiss humanist (died 1582)
• March 31 - Pope Pius IV (died 1565)
• September 3 - Diane de Poitiers, mistress of Henry II of France (died 1566)
• October 14 - Claude of France, queen of Louis XII of France (died 1524)
• date unknown
  • Hans Asper, Swiss painter (died 1571)
  • Michael Coxcie, Flemish painter (died 1592)
  • Cesare Hercolani, Italian military leader (died 1534)
  • Jan Łaski, Polish Protestant reformer (died 1560)
  • Laurentius Petri, Archbishop of Uppsala (died 1573)
  • Giulio Romano, Italian painter (died 1546)
  • Bernardino de Sahagún, Franciscan missionary (died 1590)
  • Niccolo Fontana Tartaglia, Italian mathematician (died 1557)
• probable
  • Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo, Portuguese explorer (died 1543)

Deaths

• January 9 - John Cicero, Elector of Brandenburg (born 1455)
• August 29 - Alessio Baldovinetti, Florentine painter (born 1427)
• October 1 - Marsilio Ficino, Italian philosopher (born 1433)
• November 23 - Perkin Warbeck, Flemish imposter (born c1474)
• November 28 - Edward, Earl of Warwick, last male member of the English House of York (born 1475)
• date unknown
  • John Cabot, Italian explorer (born c. 1450)
  • Rennyo, leader of the Ikko sect of Buddhism (born 1415)