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1489| 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. | | 1486–1494 | Japan [law and government] | Having expelled rampaging feudal armies, leaders of the insurgent Yamashiro Ikki league (in which the gentry have joined with the peasants) meet at Uji, Japan, to formulate a provisional government for the province. | | 1489 | Holy Roman Empire [law and government] | Frederick III the Holy Roman Emperor appoints Franz von Taxis as imperial postmaster. He develops a courier service for official mail through his firm ‘Thurn und Taxis’. | | 25 November 1489 | Granada, Spain, Castile, Aragon [wars] | Mohammed XII Zagal of Granada surrenders to King Ferdinand V and Queen Isabella I of Aragon and Castile when they capture the city of Baza in Granada. Mohammed XI Boabdil resumes the rule of the kingdom of Granada, which has been reduced by the surrender of the cities of Almería and Guadix with Mohammed XII Zagal. |
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