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March 19 – The Senate of the Republic of Venice enacts the Venetian Patent Statute, one of the earliest patent systems in the world. [1] New and inventive devices, once put into practice, have to be communicated to the Republic to obtain the right to prevent others from using them. This is considered the first modern patent system. [2]
The Fra Mauro Map of the world. The map depicts Asia, Africa and Europe, with South at the top.. The Fra Mauro map is a map of the world made around 1450 by the Italian cartographer Fra Mauro, which is “considered the greatest memorial of medieval cartography."
The Burgundian Wars (1474–1477) were a conflict between the Burgundian State and the Old Swiss Confederacy and its allies. Open war broke out in 1474, and the Duke of Burgundy, Charles the Bold, was defeated three times on the battlefield in the following years and was killed at the Battle of Nancy in 1477.
1474. January 7 – Thihathura II of Ava (d. 1501) March 21 – Angela Merici, Italian religious leader and saint (d. 1540) May 5. Juan Diego, Roman Catholic Saint from Mexico (d. 1548) Giovanni Stefano Ferrero, Italian cardinal (d. 1510) May 18 – Isabella d'Este, Marquise of Mantua (d. 1539) August 6 – Luigi de' Rossi, Italian cardinal (d ...
1474–1477: Burgundy Wars of France, Switzerland, Lorraine and Sigismund II of Habsburg against the Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy. 1478: Muscovy conquers Novgorod. 1478: Reign of Singhawikramawardhana ends. [11] 1478: The Great Mosque of Demak is the oldest mosque in Java, built by the Wali Songo during the reign of Sultan Raden Patah.
The Treaty of London (French: Traités de Londres) was an agreement between Charles the Bold of Burgundy and Edward IV of England signed on 25 July 1474. In the treaty, Charles agreed to support England militarily during an invasion of France, and to recognise Edward as the King of France. [1]
Twenty-three years since the day that changed everything. Since that impossibly blue sky on a crisp autumn morning. Since the first plane. Then the second plane.
The Genoese map is a 1457 world map. The map relied extensively on the account of the traveler to Asia Niccolo da Conti , rather than the usual source of Marco Polo . [ 1 ] The author is not known, but is a more modern development than the Fra Mauro world map , with fairly good proportions given to each continents.