Editing 1479

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{{C15 year in topic}}Year '''1479''' ('''[[Roman numerals|MCDLXXIX]]''') was a [[common year starting on Friday]] of the [[Julian calendar]].

== Events ==
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=== January&ndash;December ===
* [[January 20]] &ndash; [[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]] &ndash; 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]] &ndash; 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]] &ndash; [[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]] &ndash; [[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]] &ndash; 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]] &ndash; [[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>
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== Births ==
* [[March 12]] &ndash; [[Giuliano de' Medici, Duke of Nemours]] (d. [[1516]])
* [[March 13]] &ndash; [[Lazarus Spengler]], German hymnwriter (d. [[1534]])
* [[March 20]] &ndash; [[Ippolito d'Este]], Italian Catholic cardinal (d. [[1520]])
* [[March 25]] &ndash; [[Vasili III of Russia]], Grand Prince of Moscow (d. [[1533]])
* [[May 3]] &ndash; [[Henry V, Duke of Mecklenburg]] (d. [[1552]])
* [[May 5]] &ndash; [[Guru Amar Das]], third [[Sikh Guru]] (d. [[1574]])
* [[May 12]] &ndash; [[Pompeo Colonna]], Italian Catholic cardinal (d. [[1532]])
* [[June 14]] &ndash; [[Giglio Gregorio Giraldi]], Italian scholar and poet (d. [[1552]])
* [[June 15]] &ndash; [[Lisa del Giocondo]], Florentine noblewoman believed to be the subject of the ''[[Mona Lisa]]'' (d. [[1542]])
* [[August 14]] &ndash; [[Catherine of York]], English princess, aunt of [[Henry VIII of England|Henry VIII]] (d. [[1527]])<ref>{{cite book |last1=Panton |first1=James |title=Historical Dictionary of the British Monarchy |date=February 24, 2011 |publisher=Scarecrow Press |isbn=978-0-8108-7497-8 |page=92 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BiyyueBTpaMC&pg=PA92 |language=en}}</ref>
* [[September 17]] &ndash; [[Celio Calcagnini]], Italian astronomer (d. [[1541]])
* [[October 28]] &ndash; [[John Gage (Tudor politician)|John Gage]], English courtier of the Tudor period (d. [[1556]])
* [[November 6]]
** [[Joanna of Castile]], Queen of [[Philip I of Castile]], daughter of [[Isabella I of Castile]] and [[Ferdinand II of Aragon]] (d. [[1555]])
** [[Philip I, Margrave of Baden]] (d. [[1533]])
* December &ndash; [[Ayşe Hafsa Sultan]], Ottoman Valide Sultan (d. [[1534]])
* ''date unknown''
** [[Johann Cochlaeus]], German humanist and controversialist (d. [[1552]])
** [[Vallabhacharya]], Indian founder of the Vallabha sect of Hinduism (d. [[1531]])
* ''probable'' &ndash; [[Henry Stafford, 1st Earl of Wiltshire]] (d. [[1522]])

== Deaths ==
* [[January 18]] &ndash; [[Louis IX, Duke of Bavaria]] (b. [[1417]])
* [[January 20]] &ndash; King [[John II of Aragon]] (b. [[1397]])
* February &ndash; [[Antonello da Messina]], Italian painter (b. c. [[1430]])
* [[February 10]] &ndash; [[Catherine of Cleves (1417–1479)|Catherine of Cleves]], duchess consort regent of Guelders (b. [[1417]])
* [[February 12]] &ndash; [[Eleanor of Navarre]], queen regnant of Navarre (b. [[1426]])
* [[April 24]] &ndash; [[Jorge Manrique]], Spanish poet (b. [[1440]])
* [[June 11]] &ndash; [[John of Sahagún]], Spanish Augustinian friar, priest and saint (b. [[1419]])
* [[September 10]] &ndash; [[Jacopo Piccolomini-Ammannati]], Italian Catholic cardinal (b. [[1422]])
* [[September 18]] &ndash; [[Fulk Bourchier, 10th Baron FitzWarin]], English baron (b. [[1445]])
* [[November 6]] &ndash; [[James Hamilton, 1st Lord Hamilton]]
* ''date unknown''
** [[Johanne Andersdatter Sappi]], Danish noble (b. [[1400]])
** [[Ólöf Loftsdóttir]], politically active Icelandic woman (b. c. [[1410]])

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