Editing 1492 (section)

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* [[Martin Behaim]] constructs the first surviving globe of Earth, the [[Erdapfel]]. As Columbus would only return from his voyage in [[1493]], this globe does not show the New World yet.
* The first [[arboretum]] to be designed and planted is the [[Trsteno Arboretum|Arboretum Trsteno]], near [[Dubrovnik]] in current-day [[Croatia]].
* Russians build the [[Ivangorod Fortress]], on the eastern banks of the [[Narva River]].
* In [[Ming dynasty]] China, the commercial transportation of grain to the northern border, in exchange for salt certificates, is monetized.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Puk Wing-kin |title=The Rise and Fall of a Public Debt Market in 16th-Century China: The Story of the Ming Salt Certificate |date=20 November 2015 |isbn=9789004306400 |page=48 |publisher=BRILL |access-date=23 August 2020 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mnLsCgAAQBAJ}}</ref>
* [[Ermysted's Grammar School]], [[Skipton]], [[North Yorkshire]], is founded.
* [[Marsilio Ficino]] publishes his translation and commentary of [[Plotinus]].
* [[Stiegl]] brewery first recorded in [[Salzburg]].</onlyinclude>