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 2ndmillennium, the 99th year of the 15thcentury, 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.

• 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

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• October 14 – Claude of France

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