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== Events == <onlyinclude> === January–December === * [[January 20]] – [[Ferdinand II of Aragon|Ferdinand II]] ascends the throne of [[Kingdom of Aragon|Aragon]], and rules together with his wife [[Isabella I of Castile|Isabella I]], [[Kings of Castile|Queen of Castile]], over most of the [[Iberian Peninsula]]. * [[January 25]] – The [[Treaty of Constantinople (1479)|Treaty of Constantinople]] is signed between the [[Ottoman Empire]] and [[Republic of Venice]], ending [[First Ottoman–Venetian War|sixteen years of war]] between the two powers; Venice will cede [[Lordship of Negroponte|Negroponte]], [[Lemnos]] and [[Shkodër]], and pay an annual sum of 10,000 gold [[ducat]]s.<ref>{{The Papacy and the Levant|volume=2|page=328}}</ref> * [[April 25]] – Ratification of the Treaty of Constantinople in Venice ends the [[Siege of Shkodra]] after fifteen months, and brings all of [[History of Ottoman Albania|Albania]] under the [[Ottoman Empire]]. * [[May 13]] – [[Christopher Columbus]], an experienced mariner and successful trader in the thriving [[Republic of Genoa|Genoese]] expatriate community in [[Kingdom of Portugal|Portugal]], marries Felipa Perestrelo Moniz (Italian on her father's side), and receives as [[dowry]] her late father's maps and papers, charting the seas and winds around the [[Madeira Islands]], and other [[Portuguese possessions]] in the [[Ocean Sea]]. * [[August 7]] – [[Battle of Guinegate (1479)|Battle of Guinegate]]: A French army sent to invade the [[Netherlands]] is defeated by [[Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor|Maximilian of Austria]]. * [[September 4]] – The [[Treaty of Alcáçovas]] (also known as the Treaty or Peace of Alcáçovas-Toledo) is signed between the [[Catholic Monarchs]] of Castile and Aragon on one side, and the King of Portugal and his son on the other side, ending the four-year [[War of the Castilian Succession]]. * [[October 13]] – [[Battle of Breadfield]] ({{langx|hu|Kenyérmezei csata}}, {{langx|tr|Ekmek Otlak Savaşı}}): The army of the [[Kingdom of Hungary]], led by [[Pál Kinizsi]] and [[István Báthory]], defeats that of the [[Ottoman Empire]] in [[Transylvania]], [[Hungary]], leaving at least 10,000 Turkish dead. === Ongoing === * The [[Plague (disease)|plague]] breaks out in [[Florence]].<ref>{{Cite book|last=Brown, Alison |title=Bartolomeo Scala, 1430-1497, Chancellor of Florence : the humanist as bureaucrat|date=1979|publisher=Princeton University Press|isbn=978-1-4008-6753-0|location=Princeton, N.J.|pages=87|oclc=767801631}}</ref> * Johann Neumeister prints a new edition of [[Juan de Torquemada (cardinal)|Juan de Torquemada]]'s ''Meditations, or the Contemplations of the Most Devout''.<ref name="WDL11359">{{cite web |url = http://www.wdl.org/en/item/11359 |title = Meditations, or the Contemplations of the Most Devout |website = [[World Digital Library]] |date = 1479 |access-date = 2013-09-04 }}</ref> </onlyinclude>
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