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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 ...
Inter caetera ('Among other [works]') was a papal bull issued by Pope Alexander VI on the 4 May 1493, which granted to the Catholic Monarchs King Ferdinand II of Aragon and Queen Isabella I of Castile all lands to the "west and south" of a pole-to-pole line 100 leagues west and south of any of the islands of the Azores or the Cape Verde islands.
The First Battle of Acentejo took place on the island of Tenerife between the Guanches and an alliance of Spaniards, other Europeans, and associated natives (mostly from other islands), on 31 May 1494, during the Spanish conquest of this island. It resulted in a victory for the Guanches of Tenerife.
He landed on the island on 5 May 1494, during his second voyage to the Americas. [13] Columbus returned to Jamaica during his fourth voyage to the Americas. He had been sailing around the Caribbean for nearly a year when a storm beached his ships in St. Ann's Bay, Jamaica, on 25 June 1503. Columbus and his men remained stranded on the island ...
Described by Indo-Persian historians as a tyrant, his cruelty was said to have alienated the nobility as well as his common subjects. [3] In 1494, a rebellion led by Syed Hussain led to the death of Shamsuddin Mozaffar Shah. Syed Hossain ascended the throne with the name Alauddin Husain Shah. He expelled all the Habshi from power and banished ...
The Pope issued edicts dated 3 and 4 May 1493.The third superseded the first two. A final edict, Dudum siquidem of 26 September 1493, supplemented the Inter caetera. [1]The first bull, Inter caetera, dated 3 May, recognized Spain's claim to any discovered lands not already held by a Christian prince, and protected Portugal's previous rights.
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6 October 1499: The French army entered the city of Milan. 19 December 1499 – 12 January 1500: Siege of Forlì . Franco-Papal victory by Cesare Borgia over Caterina Sforza. 5 February 1500: Ludovico Sforza's Swiss mercenary army retook the city of Milan from the French. 21 March 1500: The Sforzescan army retook Novara from the French.