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1503 - Events.
January 20 - Seville in Castile is awarded exclusive right to trade with the New World.
April 21 - Battle of Cerignola. Aragonese forces under Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba defeat the French under the Duc de Nemours, who is killed. Considered to be the first battle in history won by gunpowder small arms.
May 10 - Christopher Columbus discovers the Cayman Islands and he names them Las Tortugas after the numerous sea turtles there.
May 13 - Capture of Naples b ...
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