Year by year · 15th century

1479

1479 in world history: 9 events, 3 births, 5 deaths, 1 work and 4 states that came to an end. 902 recorded states existed that year.

Events

  1. Battle

    Battle of Breadfield

    The Battle of Breadfield (Kenyérmező) was fought on 13 October 1479 near Orăștie in Transylvania, where Hungarian forces under Stephen Báthory and Paul Kinizsi destroyed a large Ottoman raiding army.

  2. Treaty · Peace

    Peace of Olomouc

    The Peace of Olomouc of 1479 ended the war between Matthias Corvinus of Hungary and Vladislaus II of Bohemia over the Bohemian crown.

  3. Treaty · Peace

    Treaty of Alcáçovas

    The Treaty of Alcáçovas, signed on 4 September 1479, ended the War of the Castilian Succession between Castile and Portugal.

  4. Campaign

    Aztec–Purépecha war of 1479

    The Aztec–Purépecha war of 1479 was a military campaign by the Aztec ruler Axayacatl against the Purépecha (Tarascan) kingdom to the west.

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In the profiles

  • Aztec EmpireThe Purépecha rout Axayacatl's army, fixing the empire's western frontier
  • Margraviate of MoraviaThe Peace of Olomouc leaves Moravia to Matthias Corvinus of Hungary for his lifetime
  • Lan XangA Vietnamese army sent by Lê Thánh Tông sacks the capital

Wars and longer events

Born in 1479 3

Died in 1479 5

Works 1

States that came to an end 4

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