...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 Rome 3 May 1528-Death of Clarice de'Medici, granddaughter of Lorenzo the Magnificent 3 May 1764-Birth of...