Years 1480

14th century | 15th century | 16th century

Years 1460 | Years 1470 | Years 1480 | Years 1490 | Years 1500

1480 | 1481 | 1482 | 1483 | 1484 | 1485 | 1486 | 1487 | 1488 | 1489

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Events

  • Last traces of the Byzantine intellectual presence in the old empire. Greek education moves back until in 1530. The instruction is not preserved that within the framework of the Church and the monasteries. The trade of the Greek manuscripts towards the Italian cities and Europe is flourishing.

  • the Large fire of Bourges, still called Large fire of the Madeleine , in 1487, destroyed one the third of the city and mark the beginning of the decline of the capital of the Berry.

Significant characters

Inventions, discoveries, introductions

  • First charts of the kingdom of France published with Ulm, Nuremberg and Florence between 1480 and 1500.

  • Generalization of the use of the wheel to wing at the end of the 15th century.
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Simple: 1480s

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