Bartolommeo Bandinelli, Italian sculptor (d. 1560)
Bartolommeo (or Baccio) Bandinelli, actually Bartolommeo Brandini (12 November 1493 – shortly before 7 February 1560), was a Renaissance Italian sculptor, draughtsman, and painter.
1493Oct, 17
Bartolommeo Bandinelli
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Events on 1493
- 15Feb
Columbus's letter on the first voyage
While on board the Niña, Christopher Columbus writes an open letter (widely distributed upon his return to Portugal) describing his discoveries and the unexpected items he came across in the New World. - 4May
New World
Pope Alexander VI divides the New World between Spain and Portugal along the Line of Demarcation. - 26Sep
Inter caetera
Pope Alexander VI issues the papal bull Dudum siquidem to the Catholic Monarchs, extending the grant of new lands he made them in Inter caetera. - 3Nov
Dominica
Christopher Columbus first sights the island of Dominica in the Caribbean Sea. - 18Nov
Puerto Rico
Christopher Columbus first sights the island now known as Puerto Rico.