Columbus Sights Manatees
Jan 9 Christopher Columbus mistakes manatees for mermaids, describing them as "not half as beautiful as they are painted"
- Jan 12 Last day for all Jews to leave Sicily
- Jan 16 Christopher Columbus leaves the New World and sets sail for Spain
- Jan 19 France cedes Roussillon & Cerdagne to Spain by treaty of Barcelona
Gregory I
Gregory XIII
Julius II
Julius III
Leo X
Pius V