What Happened in March 1495

Historical Events

League of Venice

Mar 31 Pope Alexander VI forms the anti-French alliance the League of Venice with Archduke of Austria Maximilian I, Ferdinand II of Aragon, Duke of Milan Ludovico Sforza and the Republic of Venice

Famous Birthdays

  • Mar 6 Luigi Alamanni, Italian poet (Opere Toscane, La Coltivazione), born in Florence (d. 1556)
  • Mar 8 John of God, Portuguese-born friar and saint, founder of the Hospitaller Order of St. John of God, born in Montemor-o-Novo, Évora, Portugal (d. 1550)
  • Mar 25 Leonhard Paminger, Austrian composer, poet and theologian, born in Aschach an der Donau (d. 1567)