History
1478
General
Population: 442 Million*
- Entertainment: Art includes Boticelli
- Religion: Pope Sixtus IV starts Spanish Inquisition
- Deaths: Giuliano de' Medici (murdered), Prince George of England (murdered), Pazzi Family (executed), Prince Clarence of England (executed),
George Plantagenet (executed by drowning in barrel of malmsey wine - his choice)
Europe
- Albania: Turks conquer
- England: Edward falls out with brother George - George found murdered
Edward's brother Clarence imprisoned for treason and executed
- Hungary: Acquisition of Moravia and Silesia
- Italian states: Pazzi Conspiracy - Pazzi family and Archbishop of Pisa stab Giuliano and Lorenzo de Medici in Florence Cathedral on Easter Sunday
Giuliano dies and Lorenzo becomes head of Medici family
Pazzi family and archbishop lynched
- Russia: Grand Prince Ivan III (Ivan the Great) subdues Novgorod - included in duchy of Moscow
- Spanish States: Roots of Spanish Inquisition as Isabella of Castille stands against converted Jews and heretics - Pope turns control over to Spain
Middle East
- Ottoman Empire: Turks conquer Albania