History
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World
General
Population: 446 Million*- Entertainment: Writers include Caxton prints Morte D'Arthur legends compiled by Sir Thomas Malory
Artists include Botticelli "Birth of Venus", Durer "Self Portrait"
Music includes Johannes de Tinctoris "De inventione et usu musicae" - Religion: Death of Pope Sixtus IV - Pope Innocent VIII (Giovanni Battista Cybo)
Papal bull "Summis desiderantes" against witchcraft and sorcery - Science: Veldener's herbal volume published
- Deaths: Pope Sixtus IV, Poet Luigi Pulci, Prince Edward of England
Africa
- Portuguese navigator Diego Cam discovers mouth of Congo river
Europe
- England: Richard III reforms law and money collection
Widow of Edward IV under Richard's care
Military headquarters established in Nottingham
Death of Edward - Richard's son
Compulsory gifts to monarch abolished
Richard III creates Council for the North to rule north territories
Bail created for court cases
Parliamentary statutes finally written in English - German States: Alternate pied piper date of serial killer in Hammel, but with no documented evidence
- Ireland: John de la Pole appointed Lord Lieutanant (heir)
- Scotland: Richard of England helps James II stop revolt in Albany
- Spain: Spanish Inquisitors enter Aragon to denounce Jews
Columbus petitions Spain for backing and is refused
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