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Years: 1490Events Tirant Lo Blanc by Joanot Martorell, Marti Joan De Galba is published. Yoshitane becomes Ashikaga shogun of Japan. Charles John Amadeus of Savoy becomes Duke of Savoy at age 1, mother Blanche of Montferrato is regent. Aldus Manutius moves to Venice 1491Events December 6 King Charles VIII marries Anne de Bretagne, thus incorporating Brittany into the kingdom of France. A major fire breaks out in Dresden. Births June 28 Henry VIII, king of England (+ 1547) December 24(?) Ignatius Loyola, founder of the So 1492Events January 2 Boabdil, the last Moorish King of Granada, surrenders his city to the army of Ferdinand and Isabella after a lengthy siege. March 30 Ferdinand and Isabella sign a decree aimed at expelling all Jews from Spain unless they convert to Roman 1493Events January 4 Christopher Columbus leaves the New World, ending his first journey. March 15 Christopher Columbus returns to Spain after his first trip to the Americas. July 28 Great fire in Moscow November 19 Christopher Columbus becomes the first Euro 1494Events January 25 Alfonso II becomes King of Naples. June 7 Spain and Portugal sign the Treaty of Tordesillas which divides the New World between the two countries. October 22 Ludovico Sforza becomes Duke of Milan. Start of the Italian Wars. Births Saito 1495Events February 22 King Charles VIII of France enters Naples to claim the city's throne. A few months later, he decides to return to France, and leaves Naples with most of his army, leaving a force under his cousin Gilbert, Count of Montpensier as Viceroy 1496Events January 3 Leonardo da Vinci unsuccessfully tests a flying machine. March 10 Christopher Columbus leaves Hispaniola for Spain, ending his second visit to the Western Hemisphere. July Spanish forces under Gonzalo Hernandez de Cordoba capture Atella a 1497Events May 10 Amerigo Vespucci allegedly leaves Cadiz for his first voyage to the New World. May 13 Pope Alexander VI excommunicates Girolamo Savonarola. May 20 John Cabot sets sail from Bristol on his ship the Mathew looking for a route to the west (othe 1498 1499