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1471 :rockin

Hey, maybe we should post something significant for each year in correspondence with our post count, like Mega did back there!!!?
 
1473

Ottoman Sultan Mehmed II defeated the White Sheep Turkmens led by Uzun Hasan at Otlukbeli.
Don't ask me how to pronounce all that. =P
 
1474

December 12 – Upon the death of Henry IV of Castile, a civil war ensues between his designated successor Isabella I of Castile and her sister Juana, who is supported by her husband, Alfonso V of Portugal. Isabella wins the civil war after a lengthy struggle when her husband, Ferdinand II of Aragon, the newly crowned king of Aragon, comes to her aid.
 
^ Hi Fire, havn't seen you in ages ^_^

1476 :rockin
Jun 22nd - Battle at Morat/Murten: Charles the Stout invades Switzerland

December of 1476 A.D. – Vlad III the Impaler (aka DRACULA himself) manages to become reigning Prince of Wallachia for the third and last time, before being killed by the Ottoman Turks at the Battle of Bucharest. His head is sent to his old enemy Sultan Mehmed II of the Ottoman Empire.

BEST. YEAR. EVER!? I think so!
 
1480

July 28 – Mohamed II fails in his attempt to capture Rhodes from the Knights of Rhodes.

March 6 – Treaty of Toledo: Ferdinand and Isabella of Spain recognize the African conquests of Afonso of Portugal, and he cedes the Canary Islands to Spain.

Consorts and co-rulers Ferdinand II of Aragon and Isabella of Castile initiate the Spanish Inquisition (looking for heretics and unconverted Jews).

Johann Georg Faust, a German alchemist was born on this year.
 
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