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| 1460 |
| | | On the death of his father, James II, James III becomes king of Scotland | |
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| c. 1460 |
| | | Andrea Mantegna combines an interest in classical detail and recently discovered perspective | |
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| 1461 |
| | | Francois Villon, recently released from prison, writes his Ballad of the Ladies of Times Past | |
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| c. 1461 |
| | | Albrecht Pfister publishes the first book with printed illustrations - Der Ackermann aus Böhmen ('The farmer of Bohemia') | |
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| 1461 |
| | | The first success in the Wars of the Roses goes to the white rose, with the Yorkist prince crowned as Edward IV | |
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| 1461 |
| | | Henry VI flees to Scotland, abandoning the kingdom to the usurping Edward IV | |
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| 1462 |
| | | Mehmed II, conqueror of Constantinople, begins to build Topkapi Sarayi as his palace | |
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| 1462 |
| | | In keeping with his personal interest in Plato, Cosimo de' Medici founds a Platonic Academy in Florence | |
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| 1462 |
| | | Portuguese settlers arrive to found Cidade Velha, on the Cape Verde island of Santiago | |
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| 1463 |
| | | The assembly brought together in Bruges in 1463 is later seen as the first full gathering of the Netherlands States-General | |
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