In the year 1479, Ferdinand II ascends the throne of Aragon, and rules together with his wife Isabella I over most of the Iberian peninsula (Jan 20), Christopher Columbus marries Felipa Perestrelo Moniz, and receives as dowry her late father’s maps and papers (May 13), Munich Frauenkirche is completed - and all these fine people were born:
1479-0313 Lazarus Spengler* leader of the Protestant Reformation in Nuremberg/hymnwriter - Nuremberg, Germany (1534/55)
1479-0326 Vasili III of Russia* Grand Prince of Moscow reigning between Ivan the Great and Ivan the Terrible - Moscow, Grand Duchy of Moscow (1533/54)
1479-0615 Lisa del Giocondo* noblewoman/ believed to be the subject of the Mona Lisa - Via Maggio, Republic of Florence (1542/63)
1479-0917 Celio Calcagnini* humanist/scientist/astronomer - Ferrara, Italy (1541/61)
1479-1028 John Gage* Tudor courtier/politician - Burstow, Surrey, England (1556/76)
1479-1106 Joanna of Castille* Queen of Castille and Aragon - Toledo, Spain (1555/75)
Updated 21.12.2020..
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