1479

Year 1479 was a (link will display the full calendar) of the ).

Events

 * - ascends the throne of  and rules together with his wife,  over most of the . Together they conquer  in  ending 800 years of  rule.
 * - The and the  sign a peace treaty; for which Venice will cede Argo, Negroponte, Lemnos and Scutari, and pay an annual tribute of 10,000 golden ducati.
 * - - A French army sent to invade the Netherlands is defeated by
 * - - The  army led by  and  defeats the  army in ,
 * - experienced mariner and successful trader in the thriving Genoese "ex-pat" community in, marries (Italian on her father's side) and receives no ordinary : Her late father's maps and papers charting the seas and winds around the  and other  in the.

Births

 * -, Grand Prince of Moscow (d. )
 * -, third (died )
 * -, Italian poet (d. )
 * -, believed to be the subject of the  (d. )
 * - Aunt of  (d.)
 * -, queen of (died )
 * date unknown
 * , German humanist and controversialist (died )
 * , founder of the Vallabha sect of Hinduism (died )
 * probable - (died )

Deaths

 * - (born )
 * - King (born )
 * February -, Italian painter (born c)
 * -, hermit and saint (born )
 * -, cardinal (born )
 * date unknown
 * , Spanish poet (born )
 * , Spanish poet (born )