What happened in 1478?
16 recorded events in 1478, including 7 in people, 4 in wars & conflicts and 2 in architecture & engineering.
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Wars & Conflicts 4
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Battle of Giornico
1478 battle as part of expansionist policy of the Old Swiss Confederation
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Siege of Shkodra
1478 battle during the First Ottoman-Venetian War
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Battle of Khoy
1478 middle-Age throne dispute in Persia
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Battle of Champions
1478 battle
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People 7
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Uzun Hassan died
Greatest shah of the Turkoman Aq Qoyunlu dynasty (r. 1453–1478)
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Thomas More born
Born in London. English statesman, lawyer and philosopher (1478–1535).
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Hayreddin Barbarossa born
Born in Mytilene. Turkish admiral (1478–1546).
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Baldassarre Castiglione born
Born in Casatico. Italian Renaissance author (1478-1529).
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Girolamo Fracastoro born
Born in Verona. Italian physician.
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Gian Giorgio Trissino born
Born in Vicenza. Italian Renaissance humanist.
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Gonzalo Fernández de Oviedo y Valdés born
Born in Madrid. Spanish naturalist and historian (1478–1557).
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Religion & Belief Systems 2
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Kreuzkirche
Filial church in Munich
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St. Gangolf
Filial church in Dornstetten, Unterdießen, Germany
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Architecture & Engineering 2
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Sainte-Madeleine Church
Church in Strasbourg
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Church of San Tommaso
Church in Pavia, Italy
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Empires & Countries 1
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Novgorod Republic dissolved
Novgorod Republic ceased to exist, having been centered at Veliky Novgorod.
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