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Tuesday, 17 March 2026
Jan 06 Jews are expelled from Graz (Syria). 
Feb 06 John Ockeghem, Flemish singer/composer, dies at 79.
Feb 15 Philipp Melanchthon, German Protestant.
Feb 16 Philipp Melanchthon, Germ, Protestant reformer (Augsburgse Confessie)
Feb 25 Italians troops reconquer Taranto on France.
Mar 09 Nicolaus Copernicus 1st recorded astronomical observation
Mar 09 Nicolaus Copernicus inaugural recorded astronomical observation,
May 02 John Cabot departs to North-America
May 10 Italian navigator Amerigo Vespucci leaves for 1st voyage to New World
May 10 Italian navigator Amerigo Vespucci leaves for inaugural voyage to New World.
May 13 Pope Alexander VI excommunicates Girolamo Savonarola.
Jun 17 Battle of Deptford Bridge.
Jun 22 Antitax insurrection in Cornwall suppressed at Blackheath
Jun 24 In this year, John Cabot claims eastern Canada for England (believes he are discovered Asia in Nova Scotia).
Jun 24 In this year, John Cabot claims eastern Canada for England
Jul 08 Vasco da Gama departs for trip to India
Jul 08 Vasco da Gama leaves Lisbon on his voyage of discovery to India.
Jul 22 Francesco Botticini, Italian painter, dies at about 52
Jul 26 "Edward IV's son" Perkin Warbecks army lands in Cork.
Aug 06 John Cabot returns to Bristol from North-America.
Aug 10 John Cabot tells King Henry VII of his trip to "Asia".
Sep 07 Sailor Perkin Warbeck is recorded as becoming English King Richard IV
Nov 18 Bartolomeu Dias discovers Cape of Good Hope.
Nov 18 Vasco da Gama reached the Cape of Good Hope.
Nov 22 Portuguese navigator Vasco da Gama rounds Cape of Good Hope
