1499: Year
1499 (MCDXCIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar, the 1499th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 499th year of the 2nd millennium, the 99th year of the 15th century, and the 10th and last year of the 1490s decade.
As of the start of 1499, the Gregorian calendar was 9 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 14th century – 15th century – 16th century |
| Decades: | 1460s 1470s 1480s – 1490s – 1500s 1510s 1520s |
| Years: | 1496 1497 1498 – 1499 – 1500 1501 1502 |
| Gregorian calendar | 1499 MCDXCIX |
| Ab urbe condita | 2252 |
| Armenian calendar | 948 ԹՎ ՋԽԸ |
| Assyrian calendar | 6249 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 1420–1421 |
| Bengali calendar | 906 |
| Berber calendar | 2449 |
| English Regnal year | 14 Hen. 7 – 15 Hen. 7 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2043 |
| Burmese calendar | 861 |
| Byzantine calendar | 7007–7008 |
| Chinese calendar | 戊午年 (Earth Horse) 4195 or 4135 — to — 己未年 (Earth Goat) 4196 or 4136 |
| Coptic calendar | 1215–1216 |
| Discordian calendar | 2665 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1491–1492 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5259–5260 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1555–1556 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1420–1421 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4599–4600 |
| Holocene calendar | 11499 |
| Igbo calendar | 499–500 |
| Iranian calendar | 877–878 |
| Islamic calendar | 904–905 |
| Japanese calendar | Meiō 8 (明応８年) |
| Javanese calendar | 1416–1417 |
| Julian calendar | 1499 MCDXCIX |
| Korean calendar | 3832 |
| Minguo calendar | 413 before ROC 民前413年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | 31 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2041–2042 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阳土马年 (male Earth-Horse) 1625 or 1244 or 472 — to — 阴土羊年 (female Earth-Goat) 1626 or 1245 or 473 |
Events
- January 8 – Louis XII of France marries Anne of Brittany
- August 24 – Lake Maracaibo is explored by Alonso de Ojeda and Amerigo Vespucci.
- September 18 – Vasco da Gama arrives at Lisbon, returning from India
- Montenegro is added to the Ottoman Empire
Births
- for more information, see Category:1499 births.
Deaths
- for more information, see Category:1499 deaths.
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