First Europeans Land in South Africa
Feb 3 Bartolomeu Dias and his crew are the first Europeans to land on South African soil at Mossel Bay (east of modern Cape Town)
Event of Interest
Feb 5 Roman Catholic German Emperor Maximilian I caught in Belgium
- Jun 11 Battle of Sauchieburn, rebellion against the Scottish crown results in death of King James III
- Dec 15 Bartolomeu Dias returns to Portugal after becoming 1st known European to sail round the Cape of Good Hope
Gregory I
Gregory XIII
Julius II
Julius III
Leo X
Pius V