1480 Calendar
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Historical Event(s)
August 12, 1480
– Battle of Otranto: Ottoman troops behead 800 Christians for refusing to convert to Islam.
October 8, 1480
– Great standing on the Ugra river, a standoff between the forces of Akhmat Khan, Khan of the Great Horde, and the Grand Duke Ivan III of Russia, which results in the retreat of the Tataro-Mongols and the eventual disintegration of the Horde.
Who Were Born On ?
January 10, 1480
– Margaret of Austria, Regent of the Netherlands (d. 1530)
February 13, 1480
– Girolamo Aleandro, Italian Catholic cardinal (d. 1542)
April 18, 1480
– Lucrezia Borgia, Florentine ruler and daughter of Pope Alexander VI (d. 1519)
June 1, 1480
– Tiedemann Giese, Polish Catholic bishop (d. 1550)
November 10, 1480
– Bridget of York, English princess and nun (d. 1517)