Year 1495 (MCDXCV) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar). Events of 1495 February 22 – King Charles VIII of France enters Naples to claim the city's throne. A few months later, he decides to return to France, and leaves Naples with most of his army, leaving a force under his cousin Gilbert, Count of Montpensier as viceroy. May 26 – A Spanish army under Gonzalo de Córdoba lands in Calabria, with the purpose of ou… (More on 1495)