1477
- January 5
- Battle at Nancy, Burgundy versus Switzerland, 7000+ killed. [1]
- Charles the Bold, duke of Burgundy/writer, dies at age 43. [1]
- April 21
- Maximilian of Habsburg marries Maria of Bourgondië at proxy. [1]
- December 11
- Duchess Maria van Bourgondie ends Great Privilegie. [1]
1478
- January 18
- Grand Duke Ivan II of Moscow occupies Novgorod. [1]
- February 18
- Duke of Clarence forced drowning in a wine barrel. [1]
- February 22
- Hendrik Herp (Herpius/Harphius) writer (Spieghel volcomenheit), dies. [1]
- April 26
- Easter is celebrated for the first time. [1]
- Giuliano de' Medici Medeheerser of Florence, murdered at about age 24. [1]
- Pazzi conspirators attack Lorenzo and kill Giuliano de'Medici. [1]
1479
- January 18
- Louis IX the Rich, duke of Bayern (University of Ingolstadt), dies at age 61. [1]
- January 19
- Johan II king of Aragón/Navarra, dies at age 81. [1]
- December 12
- Jews are expelled from Schlettstadt Alsace by Emperor Frederick III. [1]
1481
- May 3
- Mohammed II [Fâtih], sultan of Turkey (1451-81), dies. [1]
- May 21
- Christian I king of Denmark/Norway/Sweden, dies. [1]
- December 26
- Battle at Westbroek: Dutch army beats Utrecht. [1]
1482
- February 10
- Luca della Robbia Italian sculptor (majolica reliefs), dies at age 81. [1]
- March 27
- Maria duchess of Burgundy/countess of Holland, dies at age 25. [1]
- April 25
- Margaret of Anjou Queen (Henry VI), dies. [1]
- May 15
- Paolo Toscanelli Italian physician and mapmaker, dies. [1]
- December 23
1483
- April 9
- Edward I (12) succeeds Edward IV as king of England. [1]
- Edward IV King of England (1461-70, 71-83) dies at age 38. [1]
- June 26
- Richard III usurps English throne. [1]
- July 6
- England's King Richard III crowned. [1]
- August 30
- Louis XI king of France (1461-83), dies at age 60. [1]
- October 13
- Rabbi Issac Abarbanel starts his exegesis on the Bible. [1]
1484
- March 4
- Kazimierz the Saint, Polish ruler/saint, dies at age 25. [1]
1485
- August 22
- Richard III slain at Bosworth Field-last of Plantagenets. [1]
1486
- January 18
- King Henry VII of England marries Elizabeth, daughter of Edward IV. [1]
- February 16
- March 11
- Albrecht III Achilles elector of Brandenburg, dies at age 71. [1]
- April 9
- The Habsburg, Maximilian I is crowned German king at Aachen. (He will later become the Holy Roman emperor.) [37]
1487
- January 30
- Bell chimes invented. [1]
- March 21
- Nicholas van Fluë, Swiss saint/patron of Switzerland, dies. [1] [37]
- May 24
- Imposter Lambert Simnel ceremony crowned as King Edward VI of Dublin. [1]
1488
- January 13
- Hermann Vischer "the Old", buried. [1]
- January 20
- Birth of Sebastian Münster in Ingelheim, Germany; professor of Hebrew at the University of Basel, author (Cosmography). [37]
- February 3
- Bartholomeus Diaz discovers Mosselbaai (Angra dos Vaqueros). [1]
- February 5
- Roman catholic German emperor Maximilian I caught in Belgium. [1]
- May 2
- Jacob van Horne, Burgundy statesman, dies. [1]
- June 11
- Battle of Sauchieburn, Scotland. [1]
- December 15
- Bartholomeus Diaz returns to Portugal after sailing round Cape of Good Hope. [1]
1489
- April 6
- Hans Waldmann Swiss military/mayor (Zurich), beheaded. [1]
- October 28
- In England, King Henry VII orders the mint to begin coining gold bullion in new coin called a sovereign, 240 grains weight, 23 carats + 3.5 grains, valued at 20 shillings. [309.2]
- December 4
- Battle of Baza-Spanish army captures Baza from the Moors. [1]
1490
- January 23
- First printing of Ramban's Sha'ar ha-Gemul. [1]
- February 3
- Chinese record stones raining from the sky in Ch'ing-yang, Shansi, killing over 10,000 people. [521]
- March 14
- Charles I Duke of Savoy, dies at age 21. [1]
- March 23
- First dated edition of Maimonides "Mishna Torah" published. [1]
- April 6
- Matthias Corvinus king of Hungary, dies. [1]
- December 10
- Antoine Haneron Bourgundy diplomat, dies at about age 90. [1]
- December 14
- Anna van Bretagne marries a proxy Maximilian of Austria. [1]
1491
- October 11
- Death of Blessed Jakob Griesinger, also known as Jakob von Ulm and as Alemannus; glass maker. [37]
- December 3
- Thomas Basin French historian/bishop of Lisieux, dies. [1]
- December 6
- King Charles VIII of France marries Anna of Bretagne. [1]
1492
- January 2
- Spain recaptures Granada from the Moors (Granada Day). [1]
- January 23
- "Pentateuch" (Jewish holy book) first printed. [1]
- March 21
- Alonzo Pietro, pilot, sailed with Columbus. [1]
- March 30
- King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella sign decree expelling Jews from Spain. [1]
- March 31
- Queen Isabella of Castilia and Ferdinand of Aragon expels Jews. [1]
- April 8
- Lorenzo I de' Medici"il Magnifico" ruler of Florence (1469-92), dies. [1]
- April 9
- Lorenzo de' Medici, Florentine statesman, dies. [1] [5]
- April 30
- Spain and Christopher Columbus sign a contract for him to sail to Asia to get spices. [1] [5]
- May 15
- Cheese and Bread rebellion: German mercenaries kills 232 Alkmaarse. [1]
- August 2
- Jews are expelled from Spain by King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella. [1]
- August 3
- Christopher Columbus sets sail from Palos de la Frontera, Spain for "Indies". [1] [5]
- (month unknown)
- Christopher Columbus reports "a marvelous branch of fire" that falls into the sea as he crosses the Atlantic. [521]
- September 25
- Crewman on the Pinta sights "land"-a few weeks early. [1]
- October 12
- Christopher Colombus lands on Guanahani Island, Bahamas. [1] [614.134]
- October 17
- Columbus sights isle of San Salvador (Watling Island, Bahamas). [1]
- October 28
- Christopher Columbus discovers Cuba. [1]
- November 5
- Christopher Columbus learns of maize (corn) from the Indians of Cuba. [1]
- November 7
- The Ensisheim Meteorite, the oldest meteorite (about 280 pounds) with a known date of impact, strikes the earth around noon in a wheat field outside the village of Ensisheim, Alsace (France). [5] [521] [526.110] (November 16 [523.19])
- November 15
- Christopher Columbus notes first recorded reference to tobacco. [1]
- In Spain, six Jews and five Conversos are accused of using black magic. [1]
- December 5
- Columbus discovers Hispaniola (El Espanola/Haiti). [1]
- December 6
- Haiti discovered by Columbus, at Môle Saint Nicolas. [1]
- December 25
- Columbus' ship Santa Maria docks at Dominican Republic. [1]
- December 26
- First Spanish settlement in New World founded, by Columbus. [1]
- December 31
- 100,000 Jews expelled from Sicily. [1]
1493
- January 4
- Christopher Columbus leaves the New World, ending his first journey. [1] [5]
- January 9
- Italian explorer Christopher Columbus, sailing near the Dominican Republic, sees three "mermaids" - in reality manatees. [1] [129]
- January 12
- Last day for all Jews to leave Sicily. [1]
- January 16
- Columbus returns to Spain on his first trip. [1]
- January 19
- France cedes Roussillon and Cerdágne to Spain by treaty of Barcelona. [1]
- March 15
- Christopher Columbus returns to Spain after first new world voyage. [1]
- March 18
- John of Lannoy Flemish Governor/viceroy of Netherlands/Zealand, dies at age 82. [1]
- April 15
- Columbus meets with King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella. [1]
- May 4
- Spanish Pope Alexander VI divides non-Christian world between Spain and Portugal. [1]
- May 23
- King Charles VIII and Maximilian I of Austria signs Peace of Senlis. [1]
- August 19
- Frederick III Innsbruck Austria, German Emperor (1440-1493). [1]
- September 24
- Columbus' second expedition to the New World. [1]
- September 25
- Columbus sails on second voyage to America. [1]
- November 19
- Christopher Columbus discovers Puerto Rico, on his second voyage. [1]
1494
- January 1
- Juw Dekama elected potentate of Frisia. [1]
- January 25
- Alfonso II replaces his father as king of Naples. [1]
- May 3
- Jamaica discovered by Christopher Columbus; he names it "St Iago". [1]
1495
- January 28
- Pope gives his son Cesare Borgia as hostage to Charles VIII of France. [1]
- February 10
- Sir William Stanley English lord chamberlain, executed for conspiracy. [1]
- February 22
- French King Charles VIII enters Naples to claim the crown. [1]
- February 25
- Djem Sultan son of Turkish sultan Mehmed II, dies at age 35. [1]
- May 20
- French King Charles VIII leaves Naples. [1]
- May 31
- Emperor Maximilian, Pope Alexander VI, Milan, King Ferdinand, Isabella and Venice sign anti-French Saint League. [1]
- June 1
- First written record of Scotch Whiskey appears in Exchequer Rolls. [1]
1496
- January 6
- Moorish fortress Alhambra, near Grenada, surrenders to the Christi. [1]
- February 24
- England's Henry VII ends commercial dispute with Flanders. [1]
- March 5
- English King Henry VII hires John Cabot (Giovanni Caboto) to explore. [1]
- March 9
- Jews are expelled from Carintha Austria. [1]
- March 12
- Jews are expelled from Syria. [1]
- Johannes de Lapide [Johan Heynlin], German philosopher, dies. [1]
- April 16
- David van Bourgondie Bishop of Utrecht (1456-96), dies at about age 69. [1]
- December 5
- Jews are expelled from Portugal by order of King Manuel I. [1]
1497
- January 6
- Jews are expelled from Graz (Syria). [1]
- February 6
- John Ockeghem Flemish singer/composer, dies at age 79. [1]
- February 25
- Italians troops reconquer Taranto on France. [1]
- March 9
- Nicolaus Copernicus first recorded astronomical observation. [1]
- May 2
- John Cabot departs to North-America. [1]
- May 10
- Italian navigator Amerigo Vespucci leaves for first voyage to New World. [1]
- May 13
- Pope Alexander VI excommunicates Girolamo Savonarola. [1]
- June 13
- King Fernando of Spain decrees that silver coins called reales be struck. [504.50]
- June 22
- Antitax insurrection in Cornwall suppressed at Blackheath. [1]
- June 24
- John Cabot (Giovanni Caboto) claims eastern Canada for England. [1] [614.134]
- July 13
- Ferdinand and Isabella of Spain instruct Christopher Columbus to found a mint and strike coins in the New World. [669.49]
- November 18
- Bartolomeu Dias discovers Cape of Good Hope. [1]
- November 22
- Vasco da Gama sails round the Cape of Good Hope, en route from Europe to India. [394.30]
- November 26
- King Hans of Denmark and Norway is acclaimed King of Sweden. [7]
1498
- January 28
- Christopher Columbus discovers and names the island of Saint Vincent. [681.43]
- March 2
- Vasco da Gama's fleet visits Mozambique Island. [1]
- April 7
- Charles VIII King of France (1483-98), dies at age 27. [1]
- Crowd storms Savonarola's convent San Marco Florence Italy. [1]
- April 8
- Charles VIII King of France (1483-98), beheaded at age 27. [1]
- May 20
- Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama arrives at Calcutta India. [1] [394.30]
- May 23
- Girolamo Savonarola dictator of Florence (1494-98), tortured and executed in Florence at age 45. [1]
- May 30
- Columbus departs with six ships for third trip to America. [1]
- June 21
- Jews are expelled from Nurenberg Bavaria by Emperor Maximillian. [1]
- July 31
- Christopher Columbus becomes the first European to discover the island of Trinidad. [1] [5]
- August 7
- Columbus arrives in Caribbean. [1]
- September 16
- Tomas de Torquemada inquisitor who burned 10,000 people, dies. [1]
1499
- January 8
- Louis XII of France after papal divorce marries Anne, Duchess of Brittany to keep the duchy for the crown. [1]
- January 9
- Johan Cicero elector of (Brandenburg, 1486-99), dies at age 43. [1]
- February 9
- France and Venice sign treaty against Milan. [1]
- April 29
- John IV Dutch army leader/earl of Egmond, dies. [1]
- September 22
- The Peace of Basel concludes the final war of Swiss independence. The Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire, Maximilian I had attempted to retake Switzerland, but was repulsed. [37]
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