1480

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[edit] 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

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