History
 

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World

General

Population: 435 Million*
  • Entertainment: Writers include first French farce "Maitre Pathelin", "The Art of Dying Well" published in Germany with woodcut pictures as religious text
  • Deaths: Knutson Bonde (King Charles VIII) of Sweden

Africa

  • Portuguese navigators discover Gold Coast West Africa

Americas

  • Collapse of Chimú culture in N Peru - Chimor incorporated into Inca empire

Europe

  • England: House of Lancaster under Henry VI takes throne in ENG until 1483 as War of Roses continues – Warwick turns Lancastrian – defeats Edward IV and restores Henry VI, Warwick banished, Makes peace with Margaret, helps restore Henry VI to throne
  • France: First French printing press set up at the Sorbonne in Paris
    Republic of St. Tropez created in France
  • Ireland: Plague decimates Dublin
  • Italian States: Turks seize Negroponte (Nengropont (Euboea)) from Venetians
  • Sweden: Death of Knutson Bonde (King Charles VIII)

Middle East

  • Ottoman Empire: Turks seize Negroponte (Nengropont (Euboea)) from Venetians



 
 
 
 
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