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Of the Romans: Spain

Pope Innocent VIII. 1485 Battle of Bosworth, in which Richard III. is killed. Henry VII. King of England, first of the house of Tudor.-Union of the houses of York and Lancaster. 1488 JAMES IV. King of Scotland. 1491 Granada taken by Ferdinand and Isabella.-End of the kingdom of the Moors in Spain. 1492 Pope Alexander VI. (Borgia).

Hispaniola and Cuba discovered by Christopher Columbus. 1493 MAXIMILIAN I. Emperor of Germany. 1494 Expedition of Charles VIII. into Naples. -- Algebra first known in Europe, America discovered by Columbus. 1497 The Portuguese, under Vasco de Gama, double the Cape of Good Hope, and sail to the East Indies. 1498 Louis XII. King of France.

Savonarola burnt by Pope Alexander VI. for preaching against the vices of the clergy. 1499 Louis XII. takes possession of the Milanese. 1500 -- Sebastian Cabot lands in North America.

Brazil discovered by the Portuguese.