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May 5 – Christopher Columbus first sights Jamaica. [2] May 7 – The infant Amda Seyon II succeeds his father Eskender as Emperor of Ethiopia. May 31 – First Battle of Acentejo: Natives of the island of Tenerife, known as Guanches, defeat the invading Spanish forces. June 7 – Treaty of Tordesillas: Spain and Portugal divide the New World ...
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The economic structure shifted from a dependence on agriculture that in 1950 accounted for 30.8 percent of GDP to an agricultural contribution of 12.9 percent in 1960 and 6.7 percent in 1970. During the same period, the contribution to the GDP of mining increased from less than 1 percent in 1950 to 9.3 percent in 1960 and 12.6 percent in 1970. [70]
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December 6 – King Charles VIII of France marries Anne of Brittany, forcing her to break her marriage contract with Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor, thus incorporating Brittany into the kingdom of France. [4] December 21 – The Truce of Coldstream secures a five-year peace between Scotland and England. [3]
May 3. The 1481 Rhodes earthquake, the largest of a series, strikes the island of Rhodes, causing an estimated 30,000 casualties. Mehmed II, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, dies and is succeeded by his son, Bayezid II. [2] May 21 – Christian I, King of Denmark and Norway, dies and is succeeded by his son John (1481–1513). [3]
Arthur's 10-year-old brother, Henry, Duke of York, becomes the new heir to the throne and will later succeed his father as King Henry VIII. [ 4 ] April 11 – Dmitry Ivanovich Vnuk , who had been the teenage co-ruler of the Grand Duchy of Moscow since 1498 with his grandfather Ivan III , is arrested along with his mother, Elena of Moldavia on ...
May 5 in recent years ... May 5 is the 125th day of the year (126th in leap years) ... 1494 – On his second voyage to the New World, ...