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{{C15 year in topic}}Year '''1480''' ('''[[Roman numerals|MCDLXXX]]''') was a [[leap year starting on Saturday]] of the [[Julian calendar]].

'''== Events''' ==

[[Centuries]]: [[14th century]] - '''[[15th century]]''' - [[16th century]]

=== January–December ===

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

* [[March 6]] &ndash; Treaty of Toledo: [[Ferdinand II of Aragon|Ferdinand]] and [[Isabella I of Castile|Isabella]] of [[Spain]] recognize the [[Africa]]n conquests of [[Afonso V of Portugal]], and he cedes the [[Canary Islands]] to Spain (see [[Treaty of Alcáçovas]]).<ref>{{cite book|author=John William Blake|title=Europeans in West Africa, 1450-1560|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UA8OAQAAIAAJ|year=1942|publisher=Hakluyt Society|page=198}}</ref>

* [[July 28]]

** [[MohamedMehmed II]] fails in his attempt to capture [[Siege of Rhodes (1480)|capture Rhodes]] from the [[Knights of Rhodes]].

** An Ottoman army lands near [[Battle of Otranto|Otranto]], Italy. [[Pope Sixtus IV]] calls for a [[crusade]] to drive it away.

* Concorts[[September 27]] &ndash; Consorts and co-rulers [[Ferdinand II of Aragon]] and [[Isabella I of Castile]] initiate the [[Spanish Inquisition]] (looking for heretics inand convertedunconverted Jews).

* [[October]] &ndash; [[Great Stand on the Ugra River]]: [[Grand Duchy of Moscow|Muscovy]] becomes independent from the [[Golden Horde]]. The ''[[Theotokos of Vladimir]]'' [[icon]] is credited with saving [[Moscow]].

=== Date unknown ===

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

* The [[Lighthouse of Alexandria]]'s final remains disappear when [[Qaitbay]], [[Sultan of Egypt]], builds the [[Citadel of Qaitbay]] on its site.

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* [[Magdalen College School, Oxford]], is established by [[William Waynflete]].

'''Events'''

* [[Ivan III of Russia | Ivan III]] becomes [[Tsar]] of the [[Russia|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 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]]

'''== Births''' ==

*[[April 14]]/ [[AprilJanuary 1810]] -&ndash; [[LucreziaMargaret Borgia]],of illegitimateAustria daughter(1480-1530)|Margaret of [[Rodrigo BorgiaAustria]], theRegent laterof [[Popethe Alexander VI]]Netherlands (d. [[15191530]]).

* [[February 12]] &ndash; [[Frederick II of Legnica]], Duke of Legnica from 1488 (until 1495 and 1505 with his brothers) (d. [[1547]])

* [[Ferdinand Magellan]], [[Portugal|Portuguese]] navigator (d. [[1521]])

* [[February 13]] &ndash; [[Girolamo Aleandro]], Italian Catholic cardinal (d. [[1542]])

* [[Georg Faust]], originator of [[Faust]] legend

* [[PalmaApril Vecchio10]], &ndash; [[Italy|Italian]]Philibert [[painterII, Duke of Savoy]] (d. [[15281504]])

* [[April 18]] &ndash; [[Lucrezia Borgia]], Duchess of Ferrara (d. [[1519]])<ref>{{cite book |last1=Hourihane |first1=Colum |title=The Grove Encyclopedia of Medieval Art and Architecture |date=2012 |publisher=OUP USA |isbn=9780195395365 |page=396 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FtlMAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA396|language=en}}</ref>

* [[June 1]] &ndash; [[Tiedemann Giese]], Catholic bishop from Danzig (Gdańsk) in Poland (d. [[1550]])

* [[July 5]] &ndash; [[Philip of the Palatinate]], Bishop of Freising and Naumburg (d. [[1541]])

* [[November 10]] &ndash; [[Bridget of York]], English nun (d. [[1517]])<ref>{{cite book |last1=Levin |first1=Carole |last2=Bertolet |first2=Anna Riehl |last3=Carney |first3=Jo Eldridge |title=A Biographical Encyclopedia of Early Modern Englishwomen: Exemplary Lives and Memorable Acts, 1500-1650 |date=2016 |publisher=Taylor & Francis |isbn=9781315440712 |page=276 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kDglDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA276|language=en}}</ref>

* [[October]] &ndash; [[Saint Cajetan]], founder of the [[Theatines]] (d. [[1547]])

* ''date unknown''

** [[Vannoccio Biringuccio]], Italian metallurgist (d. [[1539]])

** [[Claude Garamond]], French publisher (d. [[1561]])

** [[Giovanni Guidiccioni]], Italian poet (d. [[1541]])

** [[Ferdinand Magellan]], [[Portugal|Portuguese]] navigatorexplorer (d. [[1521]])

** [[Jerzy Radziwiłł]], Polish nobleman (d. [[1541]])

** [[Gazi Husrev-beg]], Ottoman statesmen (d. [[1541]])

** [[Palma il Vecchio]], Italian painter (d. [[1528]])

* ''probable''

** [[Arasibo]], Taino Cacique

** [[JeanHans FouquetBaldung]], [[France|French]]German [[painter]] (bd. [[14201545]])

** [[Matteo Bandello]], Italian novelist (d. [[1562]])

** [[Johann Georg Faust]], German alchemist (d. [[1540]])

** [[Anna Taskomakare]], Swedish merchant craftswoman and estate owner (d. after [[1528]])

** [[Jumacao]], Taino Cacique

** [[Conn O'Neill, 1st Earl of Tyrone]] (d. [[1559]])

** [[Marcantonio Raimondi]], Italian engraver (d. c. [[1534]])

** [[Elizabeth Boleyn, Countess of Wiltshire]] (d. [[1538]])

'''== Deaths''' ==

[[File:Eleanor_stewart_1458_80_daugh_hi.jpg|thumb|right|110px|[[Eleanor of Scotland]] died [[20 November]]]]

* [[Jean Fouquet]], [[France|French]] [[painter]] (b. [[1420]])

* [[January 5]] &ndash; [[Jakobus ("James"), Count of Lichtenburg|Jakobus]], nobleman from Lichtenberg in the northern part of Alsace (b. [[1416]])

* [[April 14]] &ndash; [[Thomas de Spens]], Scottish statesman and prelate (b. c. [[1415]])

* [[May 10]] &ndash; [[Philipp I, Count of Hanau-Lichtenberg]] (1458–1480) (b. [[1417]])

* [[May 19]] &ndash; [[Jan Długosz]], Polish historian (b. [[1415]])

* [[May 25]] &ndash; [[William III, Count of Henneberg-Schleusingen]] (b. [[1434]])

* [[June 6]] &ndash; [[Vecchietta]], Italian painter, sculptor and architect (b. c. [[1410]])<ref>{{cite book|author=Sir John Wyndham Pope-Hennessy|title=Italian Renaissance Sculpture|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_XPsAAAAMAAJ|year=1986|publisher=Phaidon|isbn=978-0-7148-2416-1|page=208}}</ref>

* [[July 6]] &ndash; [[Antonio Squarcialupi]], Italian composer (b. [[1416]])

* [[July 10]] &ndash; [[René of Anjou]], king of Naples (b. [[1409]])<ref>{{cite web |title=René I {{!}} duke of Anjou |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Rene-I |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=10 May 2019 |language=en}}</ref>

* [[July 15]] &ndash; [[John III, Count of Nassau-Weilburg]], German nobleman (b. [[1441]])

* [[July 26]] &ndash; [[Ruprecht of the Palatinate (Archbishop of Cologne)|Ruprecht of the Palatinate]], Archbishop and Prince Elector of Cologne (b. [[1427]])

* [[September 1]] &ndash; [[Ulrich V, Count of Württemberg]] (b. [[1413]])

* [[October 4]] &ndash; [[Jakub of Sienno]], medieval Bishop Kraków in the years 1461–1463 (b. [[1413]])

* [[October 18]] &ndash; [[Uhwudong]], Korean dancer (b. [[1440]])

* [[November 20]] &ndash; [[Eleanor of Scotland]], Scottish princess (b. [[1433]])

* [[November 29]] &ndash; [[Frederick I, Count Palatine of Simmern]] (b. 1417)

* [[December 14]] &ndash; [[Niccolò Perotti]], Italian humanist scholar (b. [[1429]])

* ''date unknown''

** [[Nicolas Jenson]], French engraver (b. [[1420]])

** [[Tristão Vaz Teixeira]], Portuguese explorer (b. c. 1395)

** [[Antonio Vivarini]], Italian painter (b. c. [[1440]])

** [[Joana de Castre]], Catalan noble (b. [[1430]])

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