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Matthias Corvinus begins a long reign which brings Moravia, Silesia and much of Austria within the Hungarian kingdom
Oil paints, long familiar in the Netherlands, begin to be adopted in Italy in place of tempera
The Turks complete the occupation of Greece, which remains within the Ottoman empire until the nineteenth century
On the death of his father, James II, James III becomes king of Scotland
Andrea Mantegna combines an interest in classical detail and recently discovered perspective
Francois Villon, recently released from prison, writes his Ballad of the Ladies of Times Past
Albrecht Pfister publishes the first book with printed illustrations - Der Ackermann aus Böhmen ('The farmer of Bohemia')
The first success in the Wars of the Roses goes to the white rose, with the Yorkist prince crowned as Edward IV
Henry VI flees to Scotland, abandoning the kingdom to the usurping Edward IV
Mehmed II, conqueror of Constantinople, begins to build Topkapi Sarayi as his palace
In keeping with his personal interest in Plato, Cosimo de' Medici founds a Platonic Academy in Florence
Portuguese settlers arrive to found Cidade Velha, on the Cape Verde island of Santiago
The assembly brought together in Bruges in 1463 is later seen as the first full gathering of the Netherlands States-General
The Chimu empire in Peru is conquered by the Incas under the leadership of Pachacuti's son Topa
After his death in 1464, Cosimo de' Medici acquires the posthumous title pater patriae – father of the fatherland
Mehmed II and the Ottoman Turks conquer Bosnia, where a large number of noble families convert to Islam
The Sicilian artist Antonello da Messina adopts the Flemish technique of painting in oils
In the treaty of Torun the Teutonic knights finally cede Prussia to Poland
The Portuguese settlers on the Cape Verde islands are granted a monopoly on the new slave trade
Sir John Saye, Chancellor of the Exchequer to Edward IV, becomes the first recorded resident of Barn Elms, the manor house of Barnes
Skanderbeg dies and Albania becomes fully absorbed into the Ottoman empire
Jerome van Aken works almost exclusively in his native s' Hertogenbosch, from which he derives the name Hieronymus Bosch
Thomas Malory, in gaol somewhere in England, compiles Morte d'Arthur – an English account of the French tales of King Arthur
The Orkneys and Shetlands come into the possession of James III of Scotland with the dowry of Margaret of Denmark
The marriage of Ferdinand and Isabella unites the crowns of Aragon and Castile, creating virtually a unified Spain
