=== January–December ===
=== January–December ===
* [[January 3]] – King [[Louis XI]] buys the succession rights to the [[Duchy of Brittany]] from the Countess [[Nicole, Countess of Penthièvre|Nicole de Châtillon]] for 50,000 [[French livre|livres]]<ref>{{cite journal |title=Une lettre privée du XVe siècle |first=Jacques |last=Levron |journal=Bibliothèque de l’École des chartes |language=French |year=1931 |volume=92 |pages=211}}</ref>
* [[February 4]] – [[Pedro de Vera]] is appointed as the colonial Governor of [[Gran Canaria]] by the Spanish monarchs Ferdinand and Isabella, and directed to carry out the conquest of the [[Canary Islands]] and to end the fighting between the conquistadors who had taken the island in [[1478]].
* [[March 3]] – The Treaty of Lucerne is signed between the [[Duchy of Milan]] and the [[Old Swiss Confederation]], 15 months after the [[Battle of Giornico]]. Milan cedes the [[Leventina District]] to the [[Canton of Uri]].<ref>{{HDS|8900|Battle of Giornico}}</ref>
* [[May 3]] – [[:es:Pedro del Algaba|Pedro del Algaba]], the Spanish colonial Governor of the Canary Islands, is arrested by [[Juan Rejón]], and is executed on Rejón’s orders on May 20.{{cite book |last=Morales Padrón |first=Francisco |title=Canarias: crónicas de su conquista|trans-title=Canary Islands: Chronicles of their Conquest |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190415233908/https://mdc.ulpgc.es/cdm/ref/collection/MDC/id/1619 |year=1978 |publisher=Ayuntamiento de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria; El Museo Canario |location=Las Palmas de Gran Canaria |isbn=84-500-2951-1 |access date=October 20, 2023 }}
* [[July 28]]
* [[July 28]]
** [[Mehmed II]] fails in his attempt to [[Siege of Rhodes (1480)|capture Rhodes]] from the [[Knights of Rhodes]].
** [[Mehmed II]] fails in his attempt to [[Siege of Rhodes (1480)|capture Rhodes]] from the [[Knights of Rhodes]].
Calendar year
Year 1480 (MCDLXXX) was a leap year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar.
Events
January–December
Date unknown
Births
Deaths
- January 5 – Jakobus, nobleman from Lichtenberg in the northern part of Alsace (b. 1416)
- April 14 – Thomas de Spens, Scottish statesman and prelate (b. c. 1415)
- May 10 – Philipp I, Count of Hanau-Lichtenberg (1458–1480) (b. 1417)
- May 19 – Jan Długosz, Polish historian (b. 1415)
- May 25 – William III, Count of Henneberg-Schleusingen (b. 1434)
- June 6 – Vecchietta, Italian painter, sculptor and architect (b. c. 1410)[6]
- July 6 – Antonio Squarcialupi, Italian composer (b. 1416)
- July 10 – René of Anjou, king of Naples (b. 1409)[7]
- July 15 – John III, Count of Nassau-Weilburg, German nobleman (b. 1441)
- July 26 – Ruprecht of the Palatinate, Archbishop and Prince Elector of Cologne (b. 1427)
- September 1 – Ulrich V, Count of Württemberg (b. 1413)
- October 4 – Jakub of Sienno, medieval Bishop Kraków in the years 1461–1463 (b. 1413)
- October 18 – Uhwudong, Korean dancer (b. 1440)
- November 20 – Eleanor of Scotland, Scottish princess (b. 1433)
- November 29 – Frederick I, Count Palatine of Simmern (b. 1417)
- December 14 – Niccolò Perotti, Italian humanist scholar (b. 1429)
- date unknown
