1480

Events

• Great standing on the Ugra river - Muscovy becomes independent from the Golden Horde.
• 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/ April 18 - Lucrezia Borgia, illegitimate daughter of Rodrigo Borgia (Pope Alexander VI) (d. 1519)
• Gasparo Alberti , Italian composer
• Albrecht Altdorfer, German artist (d. 1538)
• Diego Colón, Portugal, son of Christopher Columbus (d. 1526)
• Georg Faust , originator of Faust legend
• Elizabeth Howard, daughter of Thomas Howard, 2nd Duke of Norfolk and wife of Thomas Boleyn, 1st Earl of Wiltshire (approximate date)
• Ferdinand Magellan, Portuguese navigator (d. 1521)
• Jean Richafort, Franco-Flemish composer (approximate date)
• Palma Vecchio, Italian painter (d. 1528)

Deaths

• Jean Fouquet, French painter (b. 1420)