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Years: 1478 1479 1480 - 1481 - 1482 1483 1484
Decades: 1450s 1460s 1470s - 1480s - 1490s 1500s 1510s
Centuries: 14th century - 15th century - 16th century


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Events

May 3 - Mehmed II, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire dies and is succeeded by his son Beyazid II.
May 21 - Christian I, King of Denmark and Norway dies and is succeeded by his son John (1481-1513).
December 26 - Battle of Westbroek - Holland defeats troops of Utrecht.
With the death of Duke Charles IV of Anjou, Anjou was reverted to the French crown under Louis XI of France.
Change of Patriarch Maximus III (1476-1481) to Symeon I (1466, 1471-1474, 1481-1486).
Fire destroyed the roof and the spires of the Cathedral of Notre Dame at Reims.
Tizoc, the Aztec ruler of the city of Tenochtitlán, rose to power.
Famous Aztec Calendar Stone or "Sun Stone" carved.
The Spanish Inquisition began (until 1820).
The papal Bull Aeterni regis had granted all land south of the Canaries to Portugal.
Axayacatl, Aztec ruler of Tenochtitlan dies and is succeeded by his brother Tízoc.

January 15 - Ashikaga Yoshizumi, Japanese shogun (died 1511)
March 7 - Baldassare Peruzzi, Italian architect and painter (died 1537)
July 2 - King Christian II of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden (died 1559)
Antonio de Guevara, Spanish chronicler and moralist (approximate date; died 1545)
Jerome Emiliani, Italian humanitarian and saint (died 1537)
Franz von Sickingen, German knight (died 1523)
Yan Song, Chinese prime minister (died 1568)

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