|
1475| 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. | | c. 1475 | England [births and deaths] | Thomas Wolsey (Cardinal Wolsey), English cardinal and statesman who dominated King Henry VIII's government (1515–29), born (–1530). | | c. 1475 | Europe [chess] | A radically new version of chess, very similar to the game played today, is devised in southern Europe and quickly spreads across the continent and beyond. Among the most important changes are the introduction of castling and the elevation in status of the queen from one of the weakest pieces on the board to the most powerful. | | 1475 | England, Burgundian Netherlands, Holy Roman Empire [fiction] | English printer William Caxton prints The Recuyell of the Histories of Troye, in Bruges, Belgium. His own translation from the French romance by Raoul le Fèvre, it is the first work to be printed in English. | | c. 1475 | Italy [painting] | The Italian artist Antonio del Pollaiuolo paints The Martyrdom of Saint Sebastian. | | 1475 | Ottoman Empire, Khanate of the Crimea [wars] | An Ottoman force conquers the Crimea. The Genoese trading colony at Khaffa (Feodosiya) falls, and the Tatar (Mongol) Krim Khan becomes an Ottoman vassal. | | 6 March 1475 | Italy [births and deaths] | Michelangelo (di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni), Italian Renaissance sculptor, painter, and architect, also poet, whose best-known works include the fresco The Last Judgement (1534–41) and the sculptures Pietà (c. 1500) and David (1504), born in Caprese, Italy (–1564). | | 4 July - 29 August 1475 | England, France [wars] | King Edward IV of England lands at Calais, France, with a large army. He finds his allies unwilling or unable to campaign, and manoeuvres as far as the River Somme, where he bargains with King Louis XI of France. The Treaty of Picquigny specifies a seven-year truce, the freedom and security of merchants, and compensation to Edward of 75,000 crowns, followed by annual payments of 50,000 crowns. | | 11 December 1475 | Milan [births and deaths] | Giovanni de' Medici, Pope Leo X 1513–21, noted for his political skill and personal extravagance, born in Milan, Italy (–1521). |
How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
?Sign in  |
|---|
|
|
|