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1482| 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. | | c. 1482 | Italy [painting] | The Italian artist Sandro Botticelli (Alessandro di Mariano dei Filipepi) paints Primavera/Spring, commissioned by a member of the Medici family. One of his most important and characteristic works, it is a depiction of Spring (‘primavera’) in terms of Classic mythology. It may also be an allegory based on the Neo-Platonist philosophy of the contemporary scholar Marsilio Ficino (also a member of the Medici circle). | | January - April 1482 | Castile, Spain, Papal States, Italy [religious freedom] | Reports of the excesses of the Spanish Inquisition lead Pope Sixtus IV to rescind his bull of 1478, which authorized it. He later reinstates it when he needs King Ferdinand V and Queen Isabella I as allies in Italy. | | 26 February 1482 | Granada, Castile, Aragon, Spain [wars] | Castilian forces under Ferdinand of Aragon capture the stronghold of Alhama from Muslim Granada. `Abu-Abd-Il (Boabdil), governor of Guadix, Granada, is aided by the Abencerrajes family in usurping the throne of Granada from his father `Ali Abu-al-Hasan (Muley Hacen) who retreats to Málaga, Spain. | | 23 December 1482 | France, Holy Roman Empire [treaties] | By the Treaty of Arras, King Louis XI of France and the Habsburg regent Maximilian agree the partition of the Burgundian lands. Maximilian's daughter Margaret is to marry the dauphin (soon to be Charles VIII), taking as her dowry Artois and the Franche-Comté. Maximilian's infant son Philip is to retain the Netherlands, while the duchy of Burgundy, with Picardy and the Boullonais, will go to France. |
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