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1472| 1100–1532 | South America [administration] | The Inca empire dominates the Andes region of South America. Its population numbers as many as 12 million. Incan society is based on a strict hierarchy, with an emperor who rules with absolute power. Their religion is based on sun-worship, and they are skilled builders who create a system of roads and irrigation. | | 1467–1477 | South Asia [political events] | The kingdoms of Jaffna and Kandy in the north and centre of modern Sri Lanka respectively, wrest their independence from the kingdom of Kotte following the death of its king Parakramabahu VI and end its control over the entire island. | | 1472 | Italy [thought and scholarship] | Italian diplomat and military adviser Roberto Valturio publishes his influential De re militari libri XII/Twelve Books on the Art of War. | | 1472 | Italy [medicine] | Italian physician Giovanni Matteo Ferrari, writes his Useful Repertory of the Precepts of Avicenna, a commentary on the work of the great 11th century Arab physician Avicenna. | | 17 October 1472 | Aragon, Spain [diplomacy] | Barcelona, Catalonia, surrenders on compromise terms to King John II of Aragon. The secessionist revolt of Catalonia under its Generalitat (parliament) ends, and Catalonia and Aragon are united when they face King Louis XI of France in Roussillon, France. |
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Alcock, John
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Christus, Petrus
Cornaro, Caterina
Genga, Girolamo
Giuliano da Maiano
Hachette, Jeanne
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Janequin, Clément
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from the time he left the service of Charles the Rash and entered that
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