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| 1469 |
| | The marriage of Ferdinand and Isabella unites the crowns of Aragon and Castile, creating virtually a unified Spain | |
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| 1470 |
| | The first Italian printing press is set up in Venice, which soon rivals Germany for the quality of its printing | |
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| c. 1470 |
| | Sandro Botticelli is established as one of the leading painters of Florence, working in particular for the Medici | |
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| 1471 |
| | The new pope, Sixtus IV, secures his name in history, establishing the Sistine chapel and the Sistine choir | |
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| 1471 |
| | Topa succeeds his father, Pachacuti, as emperor of the Incas | |
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| 1472 |
| | Leonardo da Vinci joins the painters' guild in Florence, probably after training with Verrocchio | |
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| c. 1475 |
| | Tommaso Portinari, the Medici agent in Bruges, commissions an altarpiece from Hugo van der Goes for his family church in Florence | |
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| c. 1475 |
| | With Constantinople in Turkish hands, Moscow begins to see itself as the centre of Orthodox Christianity - or the third Rome | |
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| 1475 |
| | Edward IV, landing at Calais with a large army, is bought off at Picquigny with a bribe - ending his attempt to revive the Hundred Years' War | |
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| c. 1475 |
| | Giovanni Bellini becomes the key figure in the development of the Renaissance style in Venice | |
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