What is 1480?
{{Year nav|1480}} {{Year in various calendars|1480}} {{Year article header|1480}} == Events == * [[March 6]] – [[Treaty of Toledo]] – [[Ferdinand II of Aragon|Ferdinand]] and [[Isabella of Castile|Isabella]] of [[Spain]] recognize [[Africa]]n conquests of [[Afonso]] of [[Portugal]] and he cedes the [[Canary Islands]] to Spain * [[Great standing on the Ugra river]] – [[Muscovy]] becomes independent from the [[Golden Horde]] and [[Moscow]] becomes the capital of [[Russia]]. * [[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]] * [[Magdalen College School, Oxford]] starts. * The [[Inca Empire]] conquers northwest [[Argentina]]. == Births == * [[Ferdinand Magellan]], [[Portugal|Portuguese]] [[explorer]] who was the first to sail around the world. * [[Pier Gerlofs Donia]], a huge [[pirate]] who fought for the [[independence]] of [[Friesland]]. * [[Pir Sultan Abdal]], [[Turkey|Turkish]] [[poet]]. * [[Peter Henlein]], [[Germany|German]] [[inventor]] who may have first invented the [[watch]]. == Deaths == * [[Antonio Squarcialupi]], Italian composer [[Category:1480| ]]