1480

Centuries: 14th century - 15th century - 16th century

Decades: 1430s 1440s 1450s 1460s 1470s - 1480s - 1490s 1500s 1510s 1550s 1560s

Years: 1475 1476 1477 1478 1479 - 1480 - 1481 1482 1483 1484 1485

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Events

• Ivan III becomes Tsar of the Russians
• Moscow becomes independent from the Empire of the Golden Horde of the Mongols.
• Ludovico Sforza becomes Regent of Milan (reigns until 1499)
• Concorts and co-rulers Ferdinand II of Aragon and Isabella of Castileinitiate 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

Births

• April 14/ April 18 - Lucrezia Borgia, illegitimate daughter of Rodrigo Borgia, the later Pope Alexander VI (d. 1519).
• Ferdinand Magellan, Portuguese navigator (d. 1521)
• Georg Faust, originator of Faust legend
• Palma Vecchio, Italian painter (d. 1528)

Deaths

• Jean Fouquet, French painter (b. 1420)\n

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