1495 Calendar
What Happened In Year 1495?
- February 22, 1495 – King Charles VIII of France enters Naples to claim the city’s throne.
- June 1, 1495 – Friar John Cor records the first known batch of scotch whisky.
- July 6, 1495 – First Italian War: Battle of Fornovo – Charles VIII defeats the Holy League, but ultimately ends his attempted conquest of Italy.
Who Were Born In The Year 1495?
- March 6, 1495 – Luigi Alamanni, Italian poet (d. 1556)
- March 8, 1495 – John of God, Portuguese-born friar and saint (d. 1550)
- April 16, 1495 – Petrus Apianus, German mathematician (d. 1557)
- November 21, 1495 – John Bale, English churchman (d. 1563)
- December 5, 1495 – Nicolas Cleynaerts, Flemish grammarian (d. 1542)
Who Died In The Year 1495?
- January 11, 1495 – Pedro González de Mendoza, Spanish cardinal and statesman (b. 1428)
- May 31, 1495 – Cecily Neville, Duchess of York, mother of Edward IV of England and Richard III of England (b. 1415)
- October 25, 1495 – King John II of Portugal (b. 1455)
- December 18, 1495 – King Alphonso II of Naples (b. 1448)
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