1478

1478 250px|thumb|November 1: Pope Sixtus IV issues a papal bull authorizing Tomas de Torquemada to carry out the Spanish Inquisition. 1478 Year 1478 (MCDLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar. Events January–March January 6 – At Tabriz, Khalil Mirza is proclaimed the Sultan of Aq Qoyunlu (now in Iran) after the death of his father, Uzun Hasan. Khalil is overthrown by his brother Ya'qub in July.Woods, John E. 1999 The Aqquyunlu: Clan, Confederation, Empire University of Utah Press, Salt Lake City 128 0-87480-565-1 January 15 – After a three month rebellion that began on October 9, Novgorod surrenders to Ivan III, Grand Prince of Moscow, bringing an end to the separate existence (under Ivan) of the Novgorod Republic. The annexation of Novgorod becomes the beginning of the transition of the principality of Moscow to the Russian Empire.Hugh Y. Reyburn, The Story of the Russian Church (London: Andrew Melrose Ltd., 1924) p.70 150px|thumb|An 1850 representation of the wedding of Richard and Anne The wedding of Richard of Shrewsbury, Duke of York, the 4-year-old son of King Edward IV of England to Anne de Mowbray, the 5-year-old daughter of the Count of Norfolk, takes place in England.Watson Bruce White William Anne Mowbray, Duchess of York: A 15th-century child burial from the abbey of St Clare, in the London Boroush of Tower Hamlets London and Middlesex Archaeological Society Transactions 67 2016 229 February 18 – George Plantagenet, Duke of Clarence, convicted of treason against his older brother King Edward IV of England, is privately executed in the Tower of London. March 28 – The initial draft of the Treaty of Brno, between the Kingdom of Hungary and the Kingdom of Bohemia, is agreed upon by envoys from both kingdoms, subject to modifications.Bartl Július Čičaj Viliam 2002 Slovak History: Chronology & Lexicon Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers, Slovenské Pedegogické Nakladatel'stvo 53 0-86516-444-4 April–June April 26 – On Easter Sunday, the Pazzi family attacks Lorenzo de' Medici, the ruler of the Republic of Florence, and kills his brother Giuliano, during High Mass in Florence Cathedral. A total of 80 accused conspirators are executed. With the death of his brother and co-ruler Giuliano, Lorenzo becomes the sole ruler of Florence.Pazzi conspiracy Italian history https://www.britannica.com/event/Pazzi-conspiracy Encyclopedia Britannica 6 May 2019 en May 14 – The Siege of Shkodra in Albania begins. Federico Gonzaga becomes the new ruler of the independent Duchy of Mantua in Italy, three days after the death of his father, Ludovico III.G. M. Varanini, "Federico I Gonzaga, marchese di Mantova", in Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani, Vol. LVII, Roma: Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, 2001 May 28 – Captain Juan Rejón of Aragon, charged with leading the conquest of the Canary Islands for the Spanish crown, departs with 600 men on three ships from the El Puerto de Santa María, at the time part of the Kingdom of Seville.Abréu Galindo Juan de Historia de la conquista de las siete islas de Gran Canaria History of the Conquest of the Seven Islands of Gran Canaria https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12285/mdcte/1668 1848 Imprenta, Litografía y Librería Isleña 20.500.12285/mdcte/1668 Santa Cruz de Tenerife August 24, 2024 June 15 – In the Battle of Khoy, Yaqub Aq Qoyunlu defeats his older brother, the Sultan Khalil of Aq Qoyunlu, and becomes the new Sultan.The Cambridge History of Iran. 1968–1991 Cambridge University Press W. B. Fisher 0-521-06935-1 Khalil is executed after his capture. The Fourth Siege of Krujë comes to an end as the Albanian city surrenders to the Ottoman Empire, which had prevented food and supplies from reaching the town for a year. After the surrender, made on a promise that the occupants would be allowed to leave, most of the men in Krujë are killed and the women and children taken away to be sold as slaves.Freely John 2010 Children of Achilles: The Greeks in Asia Minor Since the Days of Troy London I. B. Tauris & Co. 9780857736307 June 24 – After a rendezvous with other Castilian Navy ships, Captain Rejón and 1,300 men arrive at the Bay of Isletas on Gran Canaria island. June 26 – The Battle of Kokovo takes place when 600 peasants and miners in the Duchy of Carinthia, led by King Matjaž, attempt to defend their territory against a force of 20,000 Ottoman Turkish invaders.Janez J. Švajncer, "Military History of Slovenians", Obramba Special Edition (2001) June 28 – A group of 500 of the Canarian natives, led by Adargoma, attack the Castilian invaders in the Battle of Guiniguada, and are forced to retreat from the larger and better armed Castilian force. July–September July 27 – A fleet of Portuguese warships arrives at the Bay of Isletas to rescue the Canarians and drive the Castilians off of Gran Canaria. Alerted to the Portuguese invaders, Rejón arranges for an ambush of the first to come ashore.López de Toro José 1970 La conquista de Gran Canaria en la "Cuarta Década" del cronista Alonso de Palencia. 1478-1480, in Anuario de Estudios Atlánticos Anuario de Estudios Atlánticos 1 16 353–355 Las Palmas de Gran Canaria Patronato de la Casa de Colón 0570-4065 https://revistas.grancanaria.com/index.php/aea/article/view/222/222 September 24, 2023 December 7, 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20231207235855/https://revistas.grancanaria.com/index.php/aea/article/view/222/222 dead August 1 – Following a storm that prevents the landing of other ships at the island of Gran Canaria, the Portuguese Navy withdraws and sails back to Portugal.Fernandez Palencia Alfonso Fechos de España: Gesta Hispaniensia https://books.google.com/books?id=IXrvw_YMAYMC&dq=mistral+o+maestral&pg=PA283 February 23, 2018 1999 Real Academia de la Historia 9788489512436 es August 24 – In the Swiss canton of Lucerne, the Amstaldenhandel, a conspiracy by innkeeper Peter Amstalden of Schüpfheim to overthrow the canton government is foiled when Amstalden is arrested. After being interrogated and tortured, Amstalden is beheaded in November. September 1 – King Matthias Corvinus of Hungary accepts the draft of the Treaty of Brno with slight modifications regarding the division of the lands of the Bohemian crowned claimed by both Hungary and King Vladisalus II of Bohemia. Under the terms, Vladislaus II cedes Moravia, Silesia, and Lusatia to Corvinus, and both monarchs are permitted to refer to themselves as "King of Bohemia".Engel, Pál (translated by Tamas Palosfalvi). The Realm of St Stephen: A History of Medieval Hungary, 895-1526. I.B. Tauris, 2005. 1-85043-977-X. October–December October 4 – The University of Copenhagen is established by decree of King Christian I, who sets down the rules and laws to govern the institution.https://universitetshistorie.ku.dk/overblik/1479-1788/grundlaeggelsen/ History of the University of Copenhagen about 1479 23 September 2010 University of Copenhagen 25 August 2020 1 April 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20190401061506/https://universitetshistorie.ku.dk/overblik/1479-1788/grundlaeggelsen/ live November 1 – The Spanish Inquisition begins as Pope Sixtus IV promulgates the papal bull Exigit sinceras devotionis affectus, permitting the Crown of Castile, at the request of Queen Isabella, to create the office of Inquisitor General, with the Dominican bishop Tomás de Torquemada to prosecute accused heretics.Richard E. Greenleaf,Zumárraga and the Inquisition, 1536–1543 (Mexico City: Fondo de Cultura Económica). 9789681630041 p.12 November 8 – Eskender succeeds his father Baeda Maryam as Emperor of Ethiopia, at the age of seven, initially under the regency of his mother, Romna Wark.Budge E. A. A History of Ethiopia: Nubia and Abyssinia (Volume I) Methuen & Co. 1928 London 320 https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.499166/mode/2up December 28 – In the Battle of Giornico, Swiss troops defeat the army of Duchy of Milan, leading to the cession of the Leventina District by Milan to the Canton of Uri.8900 Battle of Giornico Date unknown The Demak Sultanate, the first Islamic state on the island of Java (now in Indonesia), ruled by Panembahan Jimbun, gains independence from Majapahit, after a civil war.Victor M. Fic, From Majapahit and Sukuh to Megawati Sukarnoputri: Continuity and Change in Pluralism of Religion, Culture and Politics of Indonesia from the XV to the XXI Century (Abhinav Publications, 2003) p.109 9788170174042 Possibly the first reference to cricket (rendered as "criquet", is made in a French language manuscript."Cricket", by H. S.Altham, in Encyclopedia Britannica Volume 6, (Encyclopedia Britannica, 1929), p.691 Mondino de Liuzzi's Anathomia corporis humani, the first complete published anatomical text, is first printed (in Padua). Births February 3 – Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham (d. 1521) February 7 – Thomas More, English statesman and humanist (d. 1535)History - Historic Figures: Thomas More (1478 - 1535) https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/more_sir_thomas.shtml www.bbc.co.uk 6 May 2019 May 26 – Pope Clement VII (d. 1534)Clement VII pope https://www.britannica.com/biography/Clement-VII-pope Encyclopedia Britannica 6 May 2019 en June 30 – John, Prince of Asturias, Son of Ferdinand II of Aragon and Isabella I of Castile (d. 1497) July 2 – Louis V, Elector Palatine (1508–1544) (d. 1544) July 8 – Gian Giorgio Trissino (d. 1550) July 13 – Giulio d'Este, illegitimate son of Italian noble (d. 1561) July 15 – Barbara Jagiellon, Duchess consort of Saxony and Margravine consort of Meissen (1500–1534) (d. 1534) July 22 – King Philip the Handsome of Castile (d. 1506) August – Gonzalo Fernández de Oviedo y Valdés, Spanish historian (d. 1557) December 6 – Baldassare Castiglione, Italian courtier and writer (d. 1529) date unknown Jacques Dubois, French anatomist (d. 1555) Giovanna d'Aragona, Duchess of Amalfi, Italian regent (d. 1510) Girolamo Fracastoro, Italian physician (d. 1553) Visconte Maggiolo, Italian navigator and cartographer (d. 1530) Katharina von Zimmern, Swiss sovereign abbess (d. 1547) probable Thomas Ashwell, English composer Madeleine Lartessuti, French shipper and banker (d. 1543) Deaths February 1 – Cristoforo della Rovere, Italian Catholic cardinal (b. 1434) February 18 – George Plantagenet, Duke of Clarence, brother of Kings Edward IV and Richard III of England (executed) (b. 1449)N. W. James V. A. James The Bede Roll of the Fraternity of St. Nicholas: The Bede roll https://books.google.com/books?id=55NnAAAAMAAJ 2004 London Record Society 58 April 26 – Giuliano de' Medici, son of Piero di Cosimo de' Medici (assassinated) (b. 1453) June 12 – Ludovico III Gonzaga, Marquis of Mantua (b. 1412)Dr Bart Lambert Dr Katherine Anne Wilson Europe's Rich Fabric: The Consumption, Commercialisation, and Production of Luxury Textiles in Italy, the Low Countries and Neighbouring Territories (Fourteenth-Sixteenth Centuries) https://books.google.com/books?id=AD5jCwAAQBAJ&pg=PT63 28 January 2016 Ashgate Publishing, Ltd. 978-1-4724-0610-1 63 August 23 – Yolande of Valois, Duchess consort of Savoy (b. 1434) August 28 – Donato Acciaioli, Italian scholar (b. 1428) November 8 – Emperor Baeda Maryam I of Ethiopia (b. 1448) date unknown – Aliodea Morosini, Venetian dogaressa References