Editing 1480

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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 ==

=== January&ndash;December ===
* [[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]]
** [[Mehmed II]] fails in his attempt to [[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.
* [[September 27]] &ndash; Consorts and co-rulers [[Ferdinand II of Aragon]] and [[Isabella I of Castile]] initiate the [[Spanish Inquisition]] (looking for heretics and unconverted 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 ===
* The [[Lighthouse of Alexandria]]'s final remains disappear when [[Qaitbay]], [[Sultan of Egypt]], builds the [[Citadel of Qaitbay]] on its site.
* [[Magdalen College School, Oxford]], is established by [[William Waynflete]].

== Births ==
* [[January 10]] &ndash; [[Margaret of Austria (1480-1530)|Margaret of Austria]], Regent of the Netherlands (d. [[1530]])
* [[February 12]] &ndash; [[Frederick II of Legnica]], Duke of Legnica from 1488 (until 1495 and 1505 with his brothers) (d. [[1547]])
* [[February 13]] &ndash; [[Girolamo Aleandro]], Italian Catholic cardinal (d. [[1542]])
* [[April 10]] &ndash; [[Philibert II, Duke of Savoy]] (d. [[1504]])
* [[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]], Portuguese explorer (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
** [[Hans Baldung]], German painter (d. [[1545]])
** [[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]]]]
* [[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]])

== References ==
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