Battle of Nancy
Charles the Bold dies and the Burgundian state ends
On 5 January 1477 the Swiss and Lorrainers destroyed the army of Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy; his mutilated body was found in a frozen pond two days later. Louis XI seized Burgundy, while the Netherlands passed to the Habsburgs through Charles's daughter Mary.
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Meanwhile around the world (±25 years)
Eastern Europe & Russia
- c. 1469 Afanasy Nikitin's journey to India — 8 years earlier
- 1478 Annexation of Novgorod by Moscow — 1 year later
- 1480 Great Stand on the Ugra River — 3 years later
Middle East
- 1453 Fall of Constantinople — 24 years earlier
- 1501 Founding of Safavid Iran — 24 years later
Africa
- 1488 Dias rounds the Cape of Good Hope — 11 years later
Asia
- 1467–1477 Ōnin War — 10 years earlier
- 1498 Vasco da Gama reaches India — 21 years later
Americas
- 1492 Columbus reaches the Americas — 15 years later
- 1497 John Cabot reaches North America — 20 years later
Alive at the time
- Mehmed II (aged 45)
- Christopher Columbus (aged 26)
- Leonardo da Vinci (aged 25)
- Nicolaus Copernicus (aged 4)
- Michelangelo (aged 2)
- Louis XI (aged 54)
- Ashikaga Yoshimasa (aged 41)
- Ivan III (aged 37)
- Isabella I of Castile (aged 26)
- Richard III (aged 25)