1480

Centuries: 14th century - 15th century - 16th century

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

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

• Ivan III[?] becomes Czar of the Russians
• Ludovico Sforza becomes Regent of Milan (reigns until 1499)
• Ferdinand and Isabella[?] of Spain 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

• Ferdinand Magellan, Portuguese navigator (d. 1521)
• Georg Faust[?], originator of Faust legend
• Palma Vecchio[?], Italian painter (d. 1528)
• Lucrezia Borgia, daughter of Rodrigo Borgia (d. 1519)

Deaths

• Jean Fouquet[?], French painter (b. 1420)