1496

Year 1496 was a (link will display the full calendar) of the.

Events of 1496

 * - unsuccessfully tests a flying machine.
 * - King  issued letters patern to  and his sons, authorizing them to discover unknown lands.
 * March - is discovered.
 * - leaves  for, ending his second visit to the.
 * July - forces under  capture  after a siege. Among the prisoners is the , the .  is restored to the throne of.

Undated

 * founded.
 * signs the commercial treaty the with, , and the villes of the  and.

Births

 * -, queen of (died )
 * - King (died )
 * -, French soldier (died )
 * date unknown
 * , Swiss patriot and historian (died )
 * , Scottish poet (died )
 * , French poet (died )
 * , Dutch Anabaptist leader (died )
 * probable
 * , English churchman (died )
 * , Lord Deputy of Ireland (died )
 * (died )

Deaths

 * - (born )
 * - (born )
 * - Archduke (born )
 * - King (born )
 * -, Italian soldier and statesman (born )
 * date unknown
 * , queen of Castile and Leon (born )
 * , Italian painter (born )
 * , sultan of Egypt
 * , warlord