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1498

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

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

Years: 1493 1494 1495 1496 1497 - 1498 - 1499 1500 1501 1502 1503

Events

May 20 - Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama arrives at Calicut[?] (now Kozhikode), India
Girolamo Savonarola, ruler of Florence, is executed for criticizing the Pope.
Christopher Columbus lands on the South American continent.

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Girolamo Savonarola, religious reformer and one time ruler of Florence.

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