1480

Events 
 March 6 – Treaty of Toledo – Ferdinand and Isabella of Spain recognize African 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, 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, Turkish poet.
 Peter Henlein, German inventor who may have first invented the watch.

 Deaths 
 Antonio Squarcialupi, Italian composer