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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]
1474. Eric II, Duke of Pomerania died 5 July Ali Qushji died 16 December. January 3 – Pietro Riario, Catholic cardinal (b. 1447) March 22 – Iacopo III Appiani, Prince of Piombino (b. 1422) April 14 – Anna of Brunswick-Grubenhagen, daughter of Duke Eric I of Brunswick-Grubenhagen (b. 1414) April 30 – Queen Gonghye, Korean royal consort ...
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]
The De Virga world map was made by Albertinus de Virga between 1411 and 1415. Albertin de Virga, a Venetian, is also known for a 1409 map of the Mediterranean, also made in Venice. The world map is circular, drawn on a piece of parchment 69.6 cm × 44 cm (27.4 in × 17.3 in). It consists of the map itself, about 44 cm (17 in) in diameter, and ...
1470. 12 March – Wars of the Roses: House of York defeats rebel forces allied with Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick at the Battle of Losecoat Field. [2]20 March – the Battle of Nibley Green (in Gloucestershire) is the last fought between the private armies of feudal magnates in England.
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Columbus before the Queen, imagined by Emanuel Gottlieb Leutze, 1843. This timeline of European exploration lists major geographic discoveries and other firsts credited to or involving Europeans during the Age of Discovery and the following centuries, between the years AD 1418 and 1957.
An anachronous map of the Portuguese Empire (1415–1999) The great political genius of the Catholic Monarchs was to have been capable of transforming [18] [169] [170] [171] one inconclusive battle [172] [173] into a great moral, political, and strategic victory, which would not only assure them the crown but also create the foundations of the ...