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1475 - The oldest recorded game of chess is played, between Francesco di Castellvi and Narciso Vinyoles

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1474 - Isabella crowns herself queen of Castile & Aragon

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1473 - Possible discovery of Bacalao (possibly Newfoundland smile , North America) by Didrik Pining and João Vaz Corte-Real.

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1472 - Orkney and Shetland annexed to the crown of Scotland as security for the dowry of Princess Margaret, daughter of Christian 1, King of Norway and Denmark, and wife of James 111 of Scotland

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1471 - Pope Sixtus IV succeeds Pope Paul II as the 212th pope.

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1470 - Henry VI of England returns to the English throne after Earl of Warwick defeats Yorkists in battle.

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1469 - The Battle of Nibley Green in England is the last fought between the private armies of feudal magnates.

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1468 - The Emerald Buddha is finally moved to Chiang Mai.

The Buddha was first discovered in 1434 when lightning struck a pagoda in a temple in Chiang Rai, revealing a hidden statue. The king wanted it moved to his capital in Chiang Mai, but thrice the elephant carrying it insisted on going to Lampang. This was taken as a sign, and the Buddha was kept there until 1468.

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1467 - Pope Paul II arrests and tortures some of the abbreviators, among them Filip Callimachus

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1466 - Dainagon Ashikaga Yoshimi, brother of the Shogun Ashikaga Yoshimasa, was promoted to the second rank of the second class in the Imperial court hierarchy.

Yoshimi's political aspirations would lead to him opposing his brother during the Onin War; the war would end with the Ashikaga family becoming puppets of the rival Hosakawa family.

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1465 - Henry VI is captured by Yorkist forces and imprisoned in the Tower of London.


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1464 - Pope Paul II succeeds Pope Pius II as the 211th pope.

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1463 - French poet François Villon is banished from Paris. He had been arrested multiple times for theft and street violence.

It is unknown what his ultimate fate really was.

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1462 - The Portuguese first settle in the Cape Verde Islands. It remains under Portuguese rule until 1975.


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1461 - The Empire of Trebizond surrenders to the forces of Sultan Mehmet II. This is regarded by some historians as the real end of the Byzantine Empire. Emperor David is exiled and later murdered.

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1460 - Roman (that is, Byzantine) general Constantine Graitzas Palaiologos defeated Turkish forces at Salmenikon.

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1459 - Rao Jodha founds the city of Jodhpur. It is known as the Sun City for enjoying sunny weather all year. At present, it is also a popular tourist destination for its forts, palaces and temples that stand out amidst the stark Thar desert.

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1458 - The Turks issue a decree to protect the Acropolis after they conquer Athens.

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1457 - Edo Castle is built by Ōta Dōkan in what is now Tokyo.

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1456 - The printing of the Gutenberg Bible. Gutenberg had recently introduced a revolutionary new printing method that could mass-produce books.

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1455 - The Wars of the Roses begin.

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1454 - The Treaty of Lodi is signed by Milan, Naples and Florence. The Treaty of Lodi established permanent boundaries between Milanese and Venetian territories in Northern Italy, and established a balance of power among the most powerful states while blocking the ambitions of smaller ones such as Genoa and Savoy.

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1453 - Epibatos and Selymbria also fall to the Turks after the final fall of Constantinople

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1452 - Frederick III of Hapsburg crowned Roman German Emperor.

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1451 - Murad II, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, dies and is succeeded by his son Mehmed II.

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