1478
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January 14 -
Novgorod surrenders to
Ivan III,
Grand Prince of Moscow.
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February 18 -
George, Duke of Clarence, convicted of
treason against his older brother
Edward IV of England, is privately executed in the
Tower of London.
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April 26 - The
Pazzi attack
Lorenzo de' Medici and kill his brother
Giuliano during High Mass in the
Florence Cathedral.
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December 28 -
Battle of Giornico - Swiss troops defeat the Milanese.
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Lorenzo de' Medici becomes sole ruler of
Florence*Grand Prince Ivan III of
Moscow conquers
Novgorod*
Vladislav II of Bohemia makes peace with
Hungary*
Eskender succeeds his father Baeda Maryam as
Emperor of Ethiopia at the age of six.
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February 7 -
Thomas More, English statesman and humanist (died
1535)
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March 12 -
Giuliano di Lorenzo de' Medici, ruler of Florence (d.
1516)
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May 26 -
Pope Clement VII (died
1534)
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July 22 - King
Philip I of Castile (died
1506)
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December 6 -
Baldassare Castiglione, Italian writer and diplomat (died
1529)
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Thomas Ashwell, English composer (approximate date)
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Jacques Dubois, French anatomist (died
1555)
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Girolamo Fracastoro, Italian physician (died
1553)
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Visconte Maggiolo, Italian navigator and cartographer
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Gonzalo Fernández de Oviedo y Valdés, Spanish historian (died
1557)
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February 18 -
George Plantagenet, 1st Duke of Clarence, brother of
Edward IV of England and
Richard III of England (executed) (born
1449)
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April 26 -
Giuliano di Piero de' Medici, son of
Piero di Cosimo de' Medici (assassinated) (born
1453)
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November 19 - Emperor
Baeda Maryam of Ethiopia (born
1448)
*
Donato Acciaiuoli, Italian scholar (born
1428)
*
Ludovico II of Gonzaga, Marquis of Mantua (born
1412)
