History
1472
General
Population: 437 Million*
- Entertainment: Writers include Dante's Divine Comedy first printed at Foligno
Art includes Memling paints the altarpiece at Danzig "The Last Judgement"
- Exploration: Danish navigator Deitrich Pining claims to have found Newfoundland
Africa
- Cameroon: Portuguese discover island of Fernando Po (Bioko)
Europe
- Scotland: Orkney and Shetland annexed by Scotland - formerly of Norway
- Russia: Ivan III of Moscow marries Sophia (Zoë) Palaeologus the niece of the last Byzantine Emperor - adopts Byzantine symbol of double-headed eagle
Middle East
- General: Battle of Otluk-beli – Turks under Mohammed II defeat Persian Uzan Hasan an ally of Venice
- Ottoman Empire: Venetians destroy Smyrna (Izmir)