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| c. 1480 |
| | The Maravi Confederacy is formed by Bantu tribes and soon wins control over a large region between Lake Nyasa and the Zambezi | |
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| c. 1480 |
| | An increase in trade through the central Sahara benefits the Songhay, with their capital at Gao, at the expense of Mali | |
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| c. 1480 |
| | Botticelli paints the Birth of Venus and Spring for the villa of a Medici cousin of Lorenzo the Magnificent | |
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| 1480 |
| | Ivan III, grand prince of Russia, becomes the first to deny the Mongols of the Golden Horde their annual tribute of tax | |
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| 1480 |
| | Tomas de Torquemada, from a family of converted Jews, is appointed Spain's first Grand Inquisitor | |
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| 1481 |
| | Civil war between squabbling Swiss cantons is averted by the diplomcy of a hermit, Brother Klaus, at the Convention of Stans | |
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| 1483 |
| | The English king Edward IV dies and his succeeded by his 12-year-old son as Edward V | |
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| 1483 |
| | The two royal princes, Edward V and his younger brother, are confined in the Tower of London by their uncle - soon to be Richard III | |
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| 1483 |
| | Richard III has himself proclaimed king by a parliament held at Westminster, and begins a short reign of only two years | |
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| 1483 |
| | The Portuguese establish a further presence on the west coast of Africa, at the mouth of the Congo river | |
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