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| Years: 1477 1478 1479 - 1480 - 1481 1482 1483 |
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| Decades: 1450s 1460s 1470s - 1480s - 1490s 1500s 1510s |
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| Centuries: 14th century - 15th century - 16th century |
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| 1480 by topic |
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| Arts and science |
| Architecture - Art |
| Politics |
| State leaders - Sovereign states |
| Birth and death categories |
| Births - Deaths |
| Establishments and disestablishments categories |
| Establishments - Disestablishments |
| Gregorian calendar | 1480 MCDLXXX |
| Ab urbe condita | 2233 |
| Armenian calendar | 929 ԹՎ ՋԻԹ |
| Chinese calendar | 4116/4176-11-20 (己亥年十一月二十日) — to —
4117/4177-12-1(庚子年十二月初一日) |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1472 – 1473 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5240 – 5241 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1535 – 1536 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1402 – 1403 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4581 – 4582 |
| Iranian calendar | 858 – 859 |
| Islamic calendar | 885 – 886 |
| Japanese calendar | |
| - Imperial Year | Kōki 2140 (皇紀2140年) |
| - Jōmon Era | 11480 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2023 |
[edit] Events
- March 6 - Treaty of Toledo - Ferdinand and Isabella of Spain recognize African conquests of Afonso of Portugal and he cedes the Canary Islands to Spain
- Great standing on the Ugra river - Muscovy becomes independent from the Golden Horde.
- Ludovico Sforza becomes Regent of Milan (reigns until 1499)
- Consorts and co-rulers Ferdinand II of Aragon and Isabella of Castile initiate the Spanish Inquisition (looking for heretics in converted Jews)
- Leonardo da Vinci invents the parachute
- Mohamed II fails in his attempt to capture Rhodes from the Knights of Rhodes
- An Ottoman army lands near Otranto, Italy. The Pope calls for a crusade to drive it away.
[edit] Births
- January 10 - Margaret of Austria, Regent of the Netherlands (died 1530)
- February 13 - Girolamo Aleandro, Italian cardinal (died 1542)
- April 14 - Lucrezia Borgia, Duchess of Ferrara (died 1519)
- June 1 - Tiedemann Giese, Polish Catholic bishop (died 1550)
- Arasibo, Taino Cacique
- Matteo Bandello, Italian novelist (died 1562)
- Vannoccio Biringuccio, Italian metallurgist (died 1539)
- Saint Cajetan, founder of the Theatines (died 1547)
- Johann Georg Faust, German alchemist (died 1540)
- Giovanni Guidiccioni, Italian poet (died 1541)
- Jumacao, Taino Cacique
- Barbara Kola, Polish noblewoman (died 1560)
- Ferdinand Magellan, Portuguese navigator (died 1521)
- Pánfilo de Narváez, Spanish conquistador (died 1528)
- Jerzy Radziwill, Polish nobleman (died 1541)
- Marcantonio Raimondi, Italian engraver (died c.1534)
- Philibert II, Duke of Savoy (died 1504)
- Conn O'Neill, 1st Earl of Tyrone (died 1559)
- Palma the Elder, Italian painter (died 1528)
- Ashikaga Yoshizumi, Japanese shogun (died 1511)
- Hans Baldung, German painter (died 1545)
[edit] Deaths
- April 14 - Thomas de Spens, Scottish statesman and prelate (born c1415)
- June 6 - Vecchietta, Italian painter, sculptor and architect (born c1410)
- July 6 - Antonio Squarcialupi, Italian composer (born 1416)
- July 10 - King René I of Naples (born 1409)
- Jan Dlugosz, Polish historian (born 1415)
- Jean Fouquet, French painter (born 1420)
- Nicolas Jenson, French engraver (born 1420)
- Lorenzo di Pietro, Italian painter and sculptor (born c1412)
- Antonio Vivarini, Italian painter (born c1440)
