...1428 -Birth of Pedro González de Mendoza, Spanish cardinal and statesman  3 May 1469-Birth of Niccolo de Machiavelli,politician and writer   3 May 1494 - Jamaica discovered by Columbus; he names it "St Iago" 3 May 1512 - Pope Julius II opens 5th Council of Lateran at St. John Lateran Basilica in...