Editing 1481 (section)

== Events ==
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=== January&ndash;December ===
* [[May 3]]
** The [[1481 Rhodes earthquake]], the largest of a series, strikes the island of [[Rhodes]], causing an estimated 30,000 casualties.
** [[Mehmed II]], [[Ottoman dynasty|Sultan]] of the [[Ottoman Empire]], dies and is succeeded by his son, [[Bayezid II]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Mehmed-II-Ottoman-sultan|title=Mehmed II {{!}} Ottoman sultan|work=Encyclopedia Britannica|access-date=2017-09-24|language=en}}</ref>
* [[May 21]] &ndash; [[Christian I of Denmark|Christian I]], [[List of Danish monarchs|King of Denmark]] and [[List of Norwegian monarchs|Norway]], dies and is succeeded by his son [[John, King of Denmark|John]] (1481–[[1513]]).<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Christian-I-Scandinavian-king|title=Christian I {{!}} Scandinavian king|work=Encyclopedia Britannica|access-date=2017-09-24|language=en}}</ref>
* [[June 21]] &ndash; The papal bull ''[[Aeterni regis|Aeterni Regis]]'' grants all land south of the [[Canary Islands]] to [[Portugal]].<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8jhtmzLlX70C&q=papal+bull+1481+canary&pg=PA187|title=The Worlds of Christopher Columbus|last1=Phillips|first1=William D.|last2=Phillips|first2=Carla Rahn|date=1993-02-27|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=9780521446525|pages=187|language=en}}</ref>
* [[July 24]] &ndash; Fire destroys the roof and the spires of [[Reims Cathedral]].
* [[August 29]] &ndash; [[John II of Portugal]] starts to rule in his own right.
* [[September 10]] &ndash; [[Alphonso II of Naples]] recaptures the city of [[Otranto]].
* [[December 10]] &ndash; With the death of Duke [[Charles IV of Anjou]], [[Duchy of Anjou|Anjou]] reverts to the French crown under [[Louis XI of France]], as does the [[Provence]], which until then was part of the Holy Roman Empire.
* [[December 26]] &ndash; [[Battle of Westbroek]]: [[Holland]] defeats the troops of [[Utrecht (province)|Utrecht]].<ref>{{cite book|author1=André Tourneux|author2=Joost vander Auwera|author3=Jacques Paviot|title=Interpreting the Universe as Creation|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=i_CNCO_8nKEC&pg=PA177|year=2001|publisher=Peeters Publishers|isbn=978-90-429-1052-2|pages=177|language=nl}}</ref>

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* The ''Constitució de l'Observança'' is approved by the [[Catalan Courts]], establishing the [[Rule of law|submission of royal power to the laws]] of the [[Principality of Catalonia]].
* [[Ludovico Sforza]] emerges as Regent of [[Milan]] (until [[1499]]).
* [[Axayacatl]], [[Aztec]] ruler of [[Tenochtitlan]], dies and is succeeded by his brother [[Tízoc]].
* The [[Aztec]] Calendar Stone or [[Aztec sun stone|Sun Stone]] is carved.
* [[Canton of Fribourg|Fribourg]] and [[Canton of Solothurn|Solothurn]] become [[Cantons of Switzerland]].</onlyinclude>