1480

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	14th century – 15th century – 16th century
Decades:	1450s  1460s  1470s  – 1480s –  1490s  1500s  1510s
Years:	1477 1478 1479 – 1480 – 1481 1482 1483

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 and Moscow becomes the capital of Russia.
• Ludovico Sforza becomes Regent of Milan (reigns until 1499)
• Concorts 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
• Magdalen College School, Oxford starts.
• The Inca Empire conquers northwest Argentina.

Births

• Ferdinand Magellan, Portuguese explorer who was the first to sail around the world.
• Pier Gerlofs Donia, a huge pirate who fought for the independence of Friesland.
• Pir Sultan Abdal, Turkish poet.
• Peter Henlein, German inventor who may have first invented the watch.

Deaths

• Antonio Squarcialupi, Italian composer