Ferdinand II of Naples (died 1496)
Ferdinand II was King of Naples from 1495 to 1496. He was the son of Alfonso II of Naples and the grandson of Ferrante I of Naples.
Ferdinand II of Naples (died 1496)
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Ferdinand II was King of Naples from 1495 to 1496. He was the son of Alfonso II of Naples and the grandson of Ferrante I of Naples.
Ferdinand II of Naples (died 1496)
Francisco Fernández de la Cueva, 2nd Duke of Alburquerque was a Spanish nobleman.
Francisco Fernández de la Cueva, 2nd Duke of Alburquerque, Spanish duke (died 1526)
Philip III, also known as Philip the Good, was Duke of Burgundy from 1419 until his death in 1467. He was a member of a cadet line of the House of Valois, to which all 15th-century…
Philip III, Duke of Burgundy (born 1396)
Eleanor of Portugal was Empress of the Holy Roman Empire. A Portuguese infanta (princess), daughter of King Edward of Portugal and Eleanor of Aragon, she was the consort of Holy Ro…
Eleanor of Portugal, Holy Roman Empress (born 1434)
Gjergj Kastrioti was an Albanian nobleman and military leader who led the League of Lezhë in the Ottoman-Albanian Wars until his death. Skanderbeg is considered to be a major figur…
Albanian commander Skanderbeg entered Krujë, breaking a 10-month siege by Ottoman forces
A series of military conflicts between the Ottoman Empire and various European states took place from the Late Middle Ages up through the early 20th century. The earliest conflicts…
Ottoman wars in Europe: Albanian leader Skanderbeg defeated an Ottoman army under Ballaban Badera to raise the siege of
The Thirteen Years' War, also called the War of the Cities, was a conflict fought in 1454–1466 between the Prussian Confederation, allied with the Crown of the Kingdom of Poland, a…
The Thirteen Years' War between Poland and the Teutonic Order ends with the Second Treaty of Thorn.
Giovanni Sforza d'Aragona was an Italian condottiero, lord of Pesaro and Gradara from 1483 until his death. He is best known as the first husband of Lucrezia Borgia. Their marriage…
Giovanni Sforza, Italian nobleman (died 1510)
Francesco II Gonzaga was Marquis of Mantua from 1484 until his death. A prominent condottiero and statesman during the Italian Wars, he is best known for commanding the Italian lea…
Francesco II Gonzaga, Marquess of Mantua (died 1519)
Ottaviano Petrucci was an Italian printer. His Harmonice Musices Odhecaton, a collection of chansons printed in 1501, is commonly misidentified as the first book of sheet music pri…
Ottaviano Petrucci, Italian printer (died 1539)
Ashikaga Yoshitane , also known as Ashikaga Yoshiki , was the 10th shōgun of the Ashikaga shogunate who headed the shogunate first from 1490 to 1493 and then again from 1508 to 152…
Ashikaga Yoshitane, Japanese shōgun (died 1523)
Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus, commonly known in English as Erasmus of Rotterdam or simply Erasmus, was a Dutch humanist, theologian, and philosopher. He was, through his writings…
Erasmus, Dutch philosopher (died 1536)
Johann Fust or Faust was an early German printer.
Johann Fust, German printer (born c. 1400)
The 1465 Fez revolt was a popular uprising in the Marinid capital of Fez against Sultan Abd al-Haqq II, the final ruler of the Marinid dynasty, and his Jewish vizier, Harun ibn Bat…
During the 1465 Moroccan revolution which overthrows the Marinid dynasty, the Jewish mellah is attacked by the populatio
Louis XI, called the Prudent, was King of France from 1461 to 1483. He succeeded his father, Charles VII. Louis entered into open rebellion against his father in a short-lived revo…
King Louis XI of France is forced to sign the treaty of Conflans.
Mercurino Arborio, marchese di Gattinara, was an Italian statesman and jurist who served, from 1518 to 1530, as the principal chancellor of Charles V, the King of Spain and the Hol…
Mercurino Gattinara, Italian statesman and jurist (died 1530)
Isabella of Balzo was a Queen consort of Naples. She was the second consort and only Queen consort of Frederick of Naples. Isabella was also suo jure Duchess of Andria and Venosa a…
Isabella del Balzo, Queen Consort of Naples (died 1533)
Philibert I, surnamed the Hunter, was the son of Amadeus IX, Duke of Savoy and Yolande of Valois. Philibert was Duke of Savoy from 1472 to 1482.
Philibert I, Duke of Savoy (died 1482)
Bernardo Accolti was an Italian poet.
Bernardo Accolti, Italian poet (died 1536)
Konrad Peutinger was a German humanist, jurist, diplomat, politician, economist and archaeologist, serving as Emperor Maximilian I's chief archaeological adviser. A senior official…
Konrad Peutinger, German humanist and antiquarian (died 1547)
Thomas Palaiologos was Despot of the Morea from 1428 until the fall of the despotate in 1460, although he continued to claim the title until his death five years later. He was the …
Thomas Palaiologos, Despot of Morea (born 1409)
Kettil Karlsson (Vasa) (c. 1433 – 11 August 1465) was a Swedish clergyman, diplomat, military leader and statesman during the Kalmar Union era. He was a member of the house of Vasa…
Kettil Karlsson, regent of Sweden and Bishop of Linköping (born 1433)
Pope Paul II, born Pietro Barbo, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 30 August 1464 to his death in 1471. When his maternal uncle became Pope Eugene …
Paul II succeeds Pius II as pope of the Catholic Church.
Joan of France, sometimes called Joan the Lame, was briefly Queen of France as wife of King Louis XII, in between the death of her brother, King Charles VIII, and the annulment of…
Joan of France, Duchess of Berry (died 1505)