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Jorge Manrique

Jorge Manrique

1440 – 1479

Poet, Military personnel

Jorge Manrique (c. 1440 – 24 April 1479) was a major Castilian poet, whose main work, the Coplas por la muerte de su padre (Verses on the death of Don Rodrigo M…

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Eleanor of Navarre

1426 – 1479

Ruler

Eleanor of Navarre (2 February 1426 – 12 February 1479) was a Navarrese princess and monarch. She served as the regent of Navarre from 1455 to 1479, during the…

Antonello da Messina

Antonello da Messina

1430 – 1479

Painter

Antonello da Messina (Italian pronunciation: [antoˈnɛllo da (m)mesˈsiːna]; c. 1425–1430 – February 1479), properly Antonello di Giovanni di Antonio, but also ca…

John II of Aragon

John II of Aragon

1398 – 1479

Ruler

John II (Spanish: Juan II, Catalan: Joan II, Aragonese: Chuan II and Basque: Joanes II; 29 June 1398 – 20 January 1479), called the Great (el Gran) or the Faith…

Giuliano de' Medici

Giuliano de' Medici

1453 – 1478

Politician

Giuliano de' Medici (28 October 1453 – 26 April 1478) was the second son of Piero de' Medici (the Gouty) and Lucrezia Tornabuoni. As co-ruler of the Florentine…

George Plantagenet, Duke of Clarence

George Plantagenet, Duke of Clarence

1449 – 1478

Politician

George Plantagenet, Duke of Clarence (21 October 1449 – 18 February 1478), was the sixth child and third surviving son of Richard of York, 3rd Duke of York, and…

Uzun Hasan

Uzun Hasan

1423 – 1478

Sovereign

Uzun Hasan or Uzun Hassan (Persian: اوزون حسن; February or March 1425 – January 5, 1478) was a ruler of the Turkoman Aq Qoyunlu state and is generally considere…

Jean Fouquet

Jean Fouquet

1425 – 1478

Painter, Illuminator, Designer, Illustrator

Jean (or Jehan) Fouquet (French: [fuke]; c. 1420–1481) was a French painter and miniaturist. A master of panel painting and manuscript illumination, and the app…

Charles the Bold

Charles the Bold

1433 – 1477

Politician, Mint lord

Charles the Bold (Charles Martin; 10 November 1433 – 5 January 1477), also called the Rash, was Duke of Burgundy from 1467 to 1477. A member of the House of Val…

Galeazzo Maria Sforza

Galeazzo Maria Sforza

1444 – 1476

Politician

Galeazzo Maria Sforza (24 January 1444 – 26 December 1476) was the fifth Duke of Milan from 1466 until 1476. He was born to Francesco Sforza, a popular condotti…

Vlad the Impaler

Vlad the Impaler

1431 – 1476

Ruler

Vlad III (1428–31 – 1476/77), commonly known as Vlad the Impaler (Romanian: Vlad Țepeș [ˈvlad ˈtsepeʃ]) or Vlad Dracula ( DRAK-yuu-lə, -⁠yə-; Romanian: Vlad Dră…

Regiomontanus

Regiomontanus

1436 – 1476

Astronomer, Mathematician, Historian of mathematics, Astrologer, Catholic bishop, Printer

Johannes Müller von Königsberg (6 June 1436 – 6 July 1476), better known as Regiomontanus (), was a mathematician, astrologer and astronomer of the German Renai…

Simonetta Vespucci

Simonetta Vespucci

1453 – 1476

Aristocrat

Simonetta Vespucci (née Cattaneo; c. 1453 – 26 April 1476), nicknamed la bella Simonetta ("the fair Simonetta"), was an Italian noblewoman from Genoa, the wife…

Paolo Uccello

Paolo Uccello

1397 – 1475

Painter, Mosaicist

Paolo Uccello ( oo-CHEL-oh, Italian: [ˈpaːolo utˈtʃɛllo]; 1397 – 10 December 1475), born Paolo di Dono, was an Italian Renaissance painter and mathematician fro…

Bartolomeo Colleoni

Bartolomeo Colleoni

1400 – 1475

Condottiero

Bartolomeo Colleoni (Italian pronunciation: [bartoloˈmɛːo kolleˈoːni]; 1400 – 2 November 1475) was an Italian condottiero who served as the captain-general of t…

Petrus Christus

Petrus Christus

1410 – 1475

Painter, Illuminator

Petrus Christus (Dutch: [ˈpeːtrʏs ˈkrɪstʏs, ˈxrɪs-]; c. 1410/1420 – c. 1475/1476) was an Early Netherlandish painter active in Bruges from 1444, where, along wi…

Joan of Portugal

Joan of Portugal

1439 – 1475

Royal consort of Castile

Here is the revised memorial biography of Joan of Portugal, refined and carefully grounded in well-documented historical sources: Joan of Portugal (Portuguese:…

Dieric Bouts

Dieric Bouts

1415 – 1475

Painter, Draftsperson

Dieric Bouts (born c. 1415 – 6 May 1475) was an Early Netherlandish painter. Bouts may have studied under Rogier van der Weyden, and his work was influenced by…

Afanasy Nikitin

Afanasy Nikitin

— – 1475

Explorer, Merchant, Travel writer, Traveler, Writer, Prose writer

Afanasy Nikitin (Russian: Афанасий Никитин; died 1475) was a Russian merchant from Tver and one of the first Europeans (after Niccolò de' Conti) to travel to an…

Ali Qushji

Ali Qushji

1403 – 1474

Mathematician, Astronomer, Physicist, Astrologer, Teacher, Linguist

Ala al-Dīn Ali ibn Muhammed (1403 – 18 December 1474), Persian: علاءالدین علی بن محمد سمرقندی known as Ali Qushji (Ottoman Turkish : علی قوشچی, kuşçu – falconer…