Historical Events
Jerónimos Monastery
Jan 6 Construction begins on Portugal's Jerónimos Monastery, designed by architect Diogo de Boitaca to commemorate the return of Vasco da Gama from India [1]
Martin Luther Enters University
Jan 14 Martin Luther enters the University of Erfurt, aged 17
Cabral Begins Return Voyage
Jan 16 Portuguese navigator Pedro Álvares Cabral and 6 ships set off from Kannur, India, on their return voyage to Lisbon
- Jan 17 Cesare Borgia returns in triumph to Rome from Romagna
Famous Birthdays
- Jan 16 Anthony Denny, English knight of the shire and confidant of King Henry VIII of England, born in England (d. 1559)
- Jan 17 Leonhard Fuchs, German physician and botanist (Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants) for which the flowering plants and color Fuchsia is named after, born in Wemding, Bavaria (d. 1566)
Famous Deaths
- Jan 3 Ali-Shir Nava'i, Timurid poet and writer (Mahbub ul-Qulub) considered a founder of early Turkic literature, dies at 59
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