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July 8 – Vasco da Gama 's fleet departs from Lisbon, beginning his expedition to India. September 7 – Second Cornish Uprising in England: Perkin Warbeck lands near Land's End; on September 10 he is proclaimed as King in Bodmin. [3] September 28 – Battle of Rotebro: John, King of Denmark, defeats Sten Sture the Elder.
1490: Leonardo da Vinci completes painting the portrait Lady with an Ermine and (probably) paints Portrait of a Musician. Cima da Conegliano paints his Sacred Conversation now in Milan. c. 1490. Giovanni Bellini paints two Sacred Conversation s and a presumed portrait of Bartolomeo d'Alviano. Albrecht Dürer paints a Portrait Diptych of Dürer ...
Jun 27, 2021 · OVERVIEW. In the 1480s the fashions of Florence shine, immortalized in the work of Ghirlandaio and Botticelli, who create an enduring ideal of beauty and demonstrate the connection between contemporary fashion and the dress of the ancient Greeks and Romans. At the same time, Spanish influence continued to spread, introducing a new hairstyle and ...
Wikipedia states a close number (240 km) but with a single source it would seem. Looking at the current world record (262 km/162 miles) for a 24-hour run, these numbers look even more unbelievable considering the chasquis would have pre-modern shoes, pre-modern roads and I would guess severe elevation variations to deal with.
March 13 – Charles II becomes Duke of Savoy at age 1; his mother Blanche of Montferrato is regent. March or April – 1490 Qingyang event, a presumed meteor shower or air burst over Qingyang in Ming dynasty China, said to have caused casualties. July 4 – Defeat of John Corvinus in the battle of Bonefield.
Tirant Lo Blanc by Joanot Martorell, Martí Joan De Galba is published. Yoshitane becomes Ashikaga shogun of Japan. Charles John Amadeus of Savoy becomes Duke of Savoy at age 1, mother Blanche of Montferrato is regent. Aldus Manutius moves to Venice. John Colet receives M.A. from Magdalen College, Oxford. Castle Church in Wittenberg is begun.
