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Fort Qaitbey at Alexandria[/caption]
Treaty of Toledo is signed where Ferdinand and Isabella of Spain recognize the African conquests of Afonso, and Afonso cedes the Canary Islands to Spain (Mar 6), the Ottomans attack the city of Otranto in Italy, and behead 800 Christians for refusing to convert to Islam (Aug 12), Spain initiates the Spanish Inquisition, to last for three decades and involving around 150,000 prosecutions (Sep 27), the last remains of the Lighthouse of Alexandria disappear as the defensive fortress Citadel of Qaitbey is built on its site - and all these fine people were born:
1480-xxxx Albrecht Altdorfer* painter/engraver/ architect - Regensburg/ Altdorf, Germany (1538/c.58) 1480-0418 Lucrezia Borgia* Duchess of Ferrara - Subiaco, Italy (1519/39) 1480-0601 Tiedemann Giese* bishop/mentor of Copernicus (1550/70) 1480-1110 Bridget of York* nun/daughter of Edward IV - Eltham Palace, London, England (1517/37) 1481-0115 Ashikaga Yoshizumi* 足利 義澄 11th shōgun of the Ashikaga shogunate - Japan (1511/30) 1481-0307 Baldassare Peruzzi* architect/painter - Siena, Republic of Siena (1536/54) 1481-0701 Christian II of Denmark* Nyborg Castle, Denmark (1559/77) 1481-1111 Christoph von Scheurl* German jurist/ diplomat/humanist - Nuremberg (1542/60) 1482-0629 Maria of Aragon* Queen of Portugal - Córdoba, Kingdom of Castile (1517/34) 1483-1110 Martin Luther* priest/theologist - Eisleben, Saxony, Roman Empire (1546/62) 1484-0412 Antonio da Sangallo the Younger* architect - Florence, Republic of Florence (1546/62) 1484-1129 Joachim Vadian* humanist/reformer - St. Gallen, Old Swiss Confederacy (1551/66) 1485 Individual post 1486-0702 Jacopo Sansovino* (b Tatti) sculptor/architect - Florence, Republic of Florence (1570/84) 1486-0728 Pieter Gillis* humanist/printer - Antwerp, Belgium (1533/47) 1486-0823 Sigismund von Herberstein* historian/writer/diplomat - Vipava, Duchy of Carniola, Habsburg Monarchy (1566/79) 1486-0914 Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa* polymath/soldier/ astrologer - Köln, Electorate of Cologne, Holy Roman Empire (1535/48) 1487-0705 Johann Gramann* pastor/teacher/humanist - Neustadt an der Aisch, Middle Franconia (1541/53) 1488-0120 Sebastian Münster* cartographer/cosmographer - Ingelheim, Germany (1552/64) 1488-0319 Johannes Magnus* Catholic Archbishop/historian - Linköping, Sweden (1544/56) 1489 Individual post Updated 7.5.2021 Search for another year here