Explore 105 historical events from 1480–1489.
Sir Thomas de Littleton was an English judge, undersheriff, Lord of Tixall Manor, and legal writer from the Lyttelton family. He was also made a Knight of the Bath by King Edward I…
Thomas de Littleton, English judge and legal author (born c. 1407)
The 1481 Rhodes earthquake occurred at 3:00 in the morning on 3 May. It triggered a small tsunami, which caused local flooding. There were an estimated 30,000 fatalities. It was th…
The largest of a series of earthquakes struck the island of Rhodes, causing an estimated 30,000 casualties
Afonso V, also known as the African, was King of Portugal from 1438 until he died in 1481, with a brief interruption in 1477. The son of Edward, King of Portugal, and Eleanor of Ar…
Afonso V, king of Portugal (born 1432)
Lucrezia Borgia was an Italian noblewoman of the House of Borgia who was the illegitimate daughter of Pope Alexander VI and Vannozza dei Cattanei. She was a former governor of Spol…
Lucrezia Borgia, daughter of Pope Alexander VI (died 1519)
Tiedemann Giese, was Bishop of Kulm (Chełmno) first canon, later Prince-Bishop of Warmia (Ermland) whose interest in mathematics, astronomy, and theology led him to mentor a number…
Tiedemann Giese, Polish bishop (died 1550)
Lorenzo di Pietro, known as Vecchietta, was an Italian Sienese School painter, sculptor, goldsmith, and architect of the Renaissance. He is among the artists profiled in Vasari's L…
Vecchietta, Italian painter, sculptor, and architect (born 1412)
Antonio Squarcialupi was a Florentine organist and composer. He was the most famous organist in Italy in the mid-15th century.
Antonio Squarcialupi, Italian composer (born 1416)
René I of Anjou was Duke of Anjou and Count of Provence from 1434 to 1480, who also reigned as King of Naples from 1435 to 1442. Having spent his last years in Aix-en-Provence, he …
René of Anjou, French nobleman (born 1400)
Ulrich V, nicknamed the Much-Loved, was Count of Württemberg from 1419 and then count of Württemberg-Stuttgart until his death in 1480.
Ulrich V, Count of Württemberg (born 1413)